Chapter-07 Management of Empyema
BOOK TITLE: Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine: Pleural Diseases
Author
1. Rajput Ashok K
2. Singh Sarvinder
ISBN
9789386150837
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/14243_7
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2018
Pages
16
Author Affiliations
1.
Venkateshwar Hospital, New Delhi, India
Chapter keywords
Empyema,
pleural effusion,
bacteriology,
chest X-ray,
thoracentesis,
pleural fluid analysis,
antibiotic selection,
lntrapleural antibiotic,
tube thoracostomy