Massive ventilator-associated pleural empyema

Korean J Intern Med. 2019 Jul;34(4):942-943. doi: 10.3904/kjim.2017.359. Epub 2019 Mar 8.

Authors

Philipp Jud¹, Nicole Fink-Neuboeck², Joerg Lindenmann²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Angiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
² Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / microbiology
Empyema, Pleural / diagnostic imaging
Empyema, Pleural / etiology*
Empyema, Pleural / microbiology
Empyema, Pleural / surgery
Escherichia coli / isolation & purification
Home Care Services*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Quadriplegia / diagnosis
Quadriplegia / physiopathology
Quadriplegia / therapy*
Respiration, Artificial / adverse effects*
Streptococcus intermedius / isolation & purification
Therapeutic Irrigation
Thoracotomy
Treatment Outcome