To study the clinical profile, microbiology, radiological and therapeutic aspects of empyema thoracis in children

Kapil Bhalla; Sanjiv Nanda; Alok Khanna; Jitender Jakhar; Shuchi Mehra; Manish Swami; Raman Wadhera

doi:10.5958/0976-5506.2017.00116.4

To study the clinical profile, microbiology, radiological and therapeutic aspects of empyema thoracis in children

Kapil Bhalla, Sanjiv Nanda, Alok Khanna, Jitender Jakhar, Shuchi Mehra, Manish Swami, Raman Wadhera

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The purpose of study was to ascertain the clinical profile, microbiology, radiological and therapeutic aspects of empyema thoracis of children admitted in the Department of Pediatrics, Pt. B.D Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak. The commonest symptoms observed were fever, cough and chest pain. The commonest organism isolated was staphylococcus. The main factor leading to the stage of chronicity were delay in seeking the therapy and inadequate and inappropriate treatment prior to admission. Our experience has shown that tube thoracostomy along with suitable systemic antibiotic is the sheet anchor in the treatment of empyema thoracis.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	226-230
Number of pages	5
Journal	Indian Journal of Public Health Research and Development
Volume	8
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5958/0976-5506.2017.00116.4
State	Published - Apr 1 2017
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Antibiotics
Empyema thoracis
Thoracostomy

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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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