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Classroom classification

百科

Empyema in children

儿科综合

Common symptoms

胸痛、呼吸衰竭、鼻翼扇动、胸腔积液、呼吸困难、败血症、发绀、持续性咳嗽

The pathology of disease

Empyema in children is pus in pleural space; after pneumonia; fever; dyspnea; children; imaging; antibiotics; drainage/tPA; pediatric pulmonology/surgery.

Symptoms

Fever; dyspnea; child; known pneumonia; imaging pleural fluid; drainage

Causes

Complicated pneumonia; Staph; empyema; child.

Treatment

Antibiotics; chest tube + tPA selected; surgery selected; pediatric pulmonology/surgery

Dept

Pediatric pulmonology / pediatric surgery / pediatrics.

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