"Empyema, Pleural" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Suppurative inflammation of the pleural space.
| Descriptor ID |
D016724
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.539.739.484 C01.539.830.305.310 C08.528.240 C08.730.265
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| Concept/Terms |
Empyema, Pleural- Empyema, Pleural
- Empyemas, Pleural
- Pleural Empyema
- Pleural Empyemas
- Empyema, Thoracic
- Empyemas, Thoracic
- Thoracic Empyema
- Thoracic Empyemas
- Pyothorax
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Empyema, Pleural" by people in Profiles.
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Lai YK, Eiger G, Fischer RA. Rebuttal from Dr Lai et al. Chest. 2015 May; 147(5):1210-1.
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Lai YK, Eiger G, Fischer RA. Point: does spontaneous bacterial empyema occur? Yes. Chest. 2015 May; 147(5):1207-1208.
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Padman R, King KA, Iqbal S, Wolfson PJ. Parapneumonic effusion and empyema in children: retrospective review of the duPont experience. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2007 Jul; 46(6):518-22.
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Moore FO, Berne JD, McGovern TM, Ravishankar S, Slamon NB, Hertzog JH. Empyema necessitatis in an infant: a rare surgical disease. J Pediatr Surg. 2006 Jul; 41(7):e5-7.
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Padman R. Pleural space disease in pediatric patients: a retrospective analysis. Del Med J. 2001 Sep; 73(9):333-8.
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Block EF, Kirton OC, Windsor J, Kestner M. Guided percutaneous drainage for posttraumatic empyema thoracis. Surgery. 1995 Mar; 117(3):282-7.
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Horowitz ID, Blumberg EA, Krevolin L. Cryptococcus albidus and mucormycosis empyema in a patient receiving hemodialysis. South Med J. 1993 Sep; 86(9):1070-2.
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Rosen H, Nadkarni V, Theroux M, Padman R, Klein J. Intrapleural streptokinase as adjunctive treatment for persistent empyema in pediatric patients. Chest. 1993 Apr; 103(4):1190-3.