Incidence of parapneumonic empyema and complex parapneumonic effusion: A retrospective cohort study of 1766 pneumonia cases at a tertiary-level regional thoracic surgery referral center

Anna L. McGuire,Dorsa Mousadoust,Ching Yeung,Renelle Myers,Kyle Grant,Basil Nasir,John Yee

Incidence of parapneumonic empyema and complex parapneumonic effusion: A retrospective cohort study of 1766 pneumonia cases at a tertiary-level regional thoracic surgery referral center

2020

Anna L. McGuire
Dorsa Mousadoust
Ching Yeung
Renelle Myers
Kyle Grant
Basil Nasir
John Yee

AbstractBACKGROUND: Both community and hospital acquired pneumonia (CAP & HAP) have potential to progress to parapneumonic empyema & complex effusion, with serious associated morbidity. Study objec...

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General surgery
Cardiothoracic surgery
Decortication
Medicine
Empyema
Parapneumonic effusion
Retrospective cohort study
Hospital-acquired pneumonia
Effusion
Pleural effusion

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