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Empiema

Последний просмотренный: 12 Oct 2025
Last updated: 07 Mar 2024

Резюме

Определение

Анамнез и осмотр

Ключевые диагностические факторы

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • pneumonia recente
  • sintomas constitucionais
  • pirexia e calafrios
  • macicez à percussão
  • redução dos murmúrios vesiculares e da ressonância vocal
  • sinais de sepse
Полная информация

Другие диагностические факторы

  • apresentação subaguda
  • tosse produtiva
  • dor torácica pleurítica
  • dispneia
  • instrumentação recente do espaço pleural
Полная информация

Факторы риска

  • pneumonia
  • intervenções iatrogênicas no espaço pleural
  • trauma torácico
  • pacientes imunocomprometidos
  • comorbidade pulmonar
  • sexo masculino
  • idosos ou muito jovens
Полная информация

Диагностические исследования

Исследования, которые показаны в первую очередь

  • hemoculturas
  • proteína C-reativa
  • contagem leucocitária
  • perfil metabólico
  • radiografia torácica
  • ultrassonografia torácica
  • toracocentese: aparência do líquido pleural
  • toracocentese: odor do líquido pleural
  • toracocentese: pH do líquido pleural
  • toracocentese: concentração de proteínas totais no líquido pleural
  • toracocentese: nível de LDH no líquido pleural
  • toracocentese: concentração de glicose no líquido pleural
  • toracocentese: diferencial de leucócitos no líquido pleural
  • toracocentese: microscopia do líquido pleural, cultura e sensibilidade
Полная информация

Исследования, проведение которых нужно рассмотреть

  • tomografia computadorizada (TC) torácica com contraste
  • ressonância nuclear magnética (RNM) do tórax
  • tomografia por emissão de pósitrons (PET)
  • reação em cadeia da polimerase do líquido pleural
Полная информация

Алгоритм лечения

Начальные

adultos (resultados da cultura pendentes)

crianças (resultados da cultura pendentes)

Острый

adultos (resultados da cultura disponíveis)

crianças (resultados da cultura disponíveis)

Составители

Авторы

Christopher Kapp, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Interventional Pulmonologist

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Section of Interventional Pulmonary

Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Chicago

IL

Раскрытие информации

CK declares that he has no competing interests.

Jeremy Kim, MD

Instructor of Medicine, Interventional Pulmonology Fellow

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Section of Interventional Pulmonary

Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Chicago

IL

Раскрытие информации

JK declares that he has no competing interests.

Выражение благодарностей

Dr Christopher Kapp and Dr Jeremy Kim would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Athanasia D. Pataka, Dr Renata L. Riha, Dr Najib M. Rahman, and Dr Eleanor K. Mishra, previous contributors to this topic. ADP, RLR, and EKM declare that they have no competing interests. NMR declares that Roche UK supplied clinical trial supplies and funding for the MIST2 trial that he conducted.

Рецензенты

Steven Sahn, MD

Professor of Medicine and Director

Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care/Allergy/Sleep Medicine

Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston

SC

Disclosures

SS declares that he has no competing interests.

Nicholas Maskell, MD

Senior Lecturer and Consultant Physician

North Bristol Lung Centre

Southmead Hospital

Bristol

UK

Disclosures

NM declares that he has no competing interests.

Y.C. Gary Lee, MBChB, PhD, FCCP, FRACP

Consultant Chest Physician and Senior Lecturer

Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine and University of Oxford Churchill Hospital

Oxford

UK

Disclosures

YCGL declares that he has no competing interests.

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References

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Key articles

Shen KR, Bribriesco A, Crabtree T, et al. The American Association for Thoracic Surgery consensus guidelines for the management of empyema. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Jun;153(6):e129-46.Full text  Abstract

Maskell NA, Davies CW, Nunn AJ, et al. UK controlled trial of intrapleural streptokinase for pleural infection. N Engl J Med. 2005 Mar 3;352(9):865-74.Full text  Abstract

Canadian Paediatric Society. Paediatric complicated pneumonia: diagnosis and management of empyema. Jan 2024 [internet publication].Full text

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