Empyema
Jun 18, 2015•37 min
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Episode description
Dr. Shawn St. Peter and Dr. Todd Ponsky discuss contemporary diagnosis and management of empyema
Table of contents:
2:37 - Evaluation of patient with pleural effusion
07:26 - Treatment algorithm for empyema
11:23 - Duration of antibiotic therapy
14:51 - Imaging for empyema
16:03 - Fibrinolysis
23:15 - Post-procedure chest x-ray
23:45 - Determining failure of therapy
26:44 - Pulmonary necrosis
31:57 - Pulmonary abscess
33:44 - Resection for pulmonary necrosis?
34:26 - Agents for fibrinolysis
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