Chronic tension empyema or chronic expanding empyema?

Chronic expanding hematoma with bronchopleural fistula and empyema space.

Chronic expanding hematoma of the thorax is not typically accompanied by a bronchopleural fistula or purulent lesion. We report an extremely rare case of chronic expanding hematoma with a bronchopleural fistula and empyema space in a 66-year-old man with a history of tuberculous pleurisy admitted because of fever and bloody sputa. Computed tomography and a magnetic resonance imaging revealed a ...

The Treatment of Chronic Empyema.

Drug Weatment of Chronic Tuberculous Empyema

this difilcult, due to extreme disability. In this case, we initiate a home care referral so that stripping can be done in the home. We use a frequency of twice a week for the first week, with a decrease in frequency if the patient is successful in independently expelling mucus balls. We have found that experienced home care nurses and respiratory therapists who perform tracheostomy tube change...

Open Thoracotomy and Decortication for Chronic Empyema

OBJECTIVES Traditionally, chronic empyema has been treated by thoracotomy and decortication. Some recent reports have claimed similar clinical results for videothoracoscopy, but with less morbidity and mortality than open procedures. Our experience with thoracotomy and decortication is reviewed so that the results of this surgical procedure can be adequately evaluated. MATERIALS AND METHODS F...

Drug treatment of chronic tuberculous empyema.

this difilcult, due to extreme disability. In this case, we initiate a home care referral so that stripping can be done in the home. We use a frequency of twice a week for the first week, with a decrease in frequency if the patient is successful in independently expelling mucus balls. We have found that experienced home care nurses and respiratory therapists who perform tracheostomy tube change...