Pleural effusions complicate up to 57% of bacterial pneumonias. They vary in severity, ranging from uncomplicated effusions to empyema. Some require only antibiotics and observation, while others ...

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2007;26(2):189-190. A 5-month-old boy was transferred to our tertiary care center from a community hospital for workup of a unilateral pleural effusion. He had a history of ...

Attempts to obliterate the pleural space go back at least as far as 1906, when Spengler 5 instilled silver nitrate in patients with spontaneous pneumothorax. Bethune 6 (1935), Medici 7 (1944) and ...

A partly loculated right pleural effusion was identified. ... Dr. R. Gilberto Gonzalez: Chest radiography revealed a small right pleural effusion and moderate interstitial pulmonary edema.

A preliminary chest radiograph revealed marked volume loss within the patient's left lung secondary to pleuroparenchymal fibrosis with upward retraction of the left hilar structures and apical pleural ...

Loculated pleural effusion (LPE) is a condition in which fluid is trapped within the pleural cavity due to fibrinous adhesions, leading to pain, shortness of breath and possibly sepsis.

Chest radiography and computed tomography showed that he had left lower lobe consolidation with a loculated pleural effusion . Pleural fluid analysis was consistent with the diagnosis of empyema ...

Ultrasonography showed complex, loculated pleural effusion in the right pleural cavity and a ruptured hydatid cyst in the liver (Figure 1B and 1C). Thoracentesis was performed, and bloody-purulent ...

The company’s lead drug, LTI-01, is in development for Loculated Pleural Effusion (LPE) and has successfully completed a clinical trial in LPE patients. The company’s ...