Empyema thoracis is a well known complication following para-pneumonic effusions in paediatric age group. Usually it is unilateral but rarely could be bilateral. Herein we report a case of bilateral tuberculous empyema thoracis in a 12 years old, unvaccinated girl with a positive history of contact with tuberculosis. She was managed conservatively with tube thoracostomies and anti-tuberculous d...

Results 69% of clinicians estimated US use in <25% of thoracostomies and 53% estimated use of US in <50% of polytrauma cases. Reasons for not using US varied significantly; the most common being that it would not change management (39%) and a need for thoracostomy regardless (28%). Opinions varied about indications for US, the most popular being thoracic, FAST, cardiac and surgical airway. Trai...

Hemothorax after blunt trauma results from injury to intrathoracic structures or the chest wall. Tube thoracostomy is the most common mode of treatment; depending on the type of injury, it is frequently the only intervention required. Rarely, blunt cardiac injury can produce hemothorax if a communication exists between the pericardium and pleural space. We describe such a case that highlights t...

Empyema thoracis necessitans is a rare clinical finding nowadays. We report 55 years old Saudi male with past history of road traffic accident, poly trauma, chest surgery and paraplegia admitted for rehabilitation in Sultan Bin Abduaziz Humanitarian City (SBAHC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and diagnosed with empyema thoracis necessitans due to Staphylococcus aureus, treated initially with traditional...

Background: Empyema thoracis is a condition resulting in the accumulation of purulent fluid pleural cavity. It common source illness among young children and most sequela bacterial pneumonia. Aims Objectives: This study was to determine clinico-microbiological profile, causative agents, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns isolates population. Materials Methods: Prospective observational done ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of antibiotics in reducing the infectious complications following closed tube thoracostomy for isolated chest trauma. DESIGN Double-blind, randomized clinical trial. SETTING Medical school affiliated large urban teaching hospital and trauma center. PATIENTS One hundred nineteen of 159 patients over 18 years old presenting to the emergency...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of our study was to evaluate the accuracy of CT-guided percutaneous core biopsy of ground-glass opacity (GGO) pulmonary lesions. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study included 50 patients (24 men, 26 women; age range, 43-78 years) who had a GGO pulmonary lesion and underwent CT-guided core biopsy. Diagnostic accuracy was compared between two groups according to lesion size (< ...