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Empyema

普外科

Common symptoms

胸痛、脊柱侧弯、食欲不振、杵状指（趾）、低热、肺部化脓性感染、涂明

The pathology of disease

Empyema is pus in pleural space; after pneumonia; fever; dyspnea; adults/children; imaging; antibiotics; chest tube/tPA; thoracic surgery/pulmonology.

Symptoms

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

Causes

Complicated pneumonia; Staph; empyema; post-surgery selected.

Treatment

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

Dept

Pulmonology / thoracic surgery / infectious disease.

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