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Empyema

MedGen UID:
8597
Concept ID:
C0014009
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: collection of pus; empyema
SNOMED CT: Empyema (66696003); Empyema (312682007)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0005242

Definition

An accumulation of pus in the pleural space. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Boot M, Archer J, Ali I
J Infect Public Health 2023 Apr;16(4):490-500. Epub 2023 Feb 8 doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2023.02.004. PMID: 36801629
Godfrey MS, Bramley KT, Detterbeck F
Semin Respir Crit Care Med 2019 Jun;40(3):361-374. Epub 2019 Sep 16 doi: 10.1055/s-0039-1694699. PMID: 31525811
Jany B, Welte T
Dtsch Arztebl Int 2019 May 24;116(21):377-386. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2019.0377. PMID: 31315808Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Cheng YF, Chen CM, Chen YL, Cheng CY, Huang CL, Hung WH, Wang BY
BMC Infect Dis 2023 Jan 6;23(1):8. doi: 10.1186/s12879-022-07978-z. PMID: 36609233Free PMC Article
Addala DN, Bedawi EO, Rahman NM
Clin Chest Med 2021 Dec;42(4):637-647. doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2021.08.001. PMID: 34774171
Arnold DT, Hamilton FW, Morris TT, Suri T, Morley A, Frost V, Vipond IB, Medford AR, Payne RA, Muir P, Maskell NA
Eur Respir J 2021 Jun;57(6) Epub 2021 Jun 17 doi: 10.1183/13993003.03546-2020. PMID: 33334937Free PMC Article
Whang B
Thorac Surg Clin 2018 Feb;28(1):1-7. Epub 2017 Oct 18 doi: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2017.08.002. PMID: 29150031
Kamel MH, Gardner R, Tourchi A, Tart K, Raheem O, Houston B, Bissada N, Davis R
Int Urol Nephrol 2017 Jun;49(6):917-926. Epub 2017 Mar 7 doi: 10.1007/s11255-017-1562-6. PMID: 28265966

Diagnosis

Addala DN, Bedawi EO, Rahman NM
Clin Chest Med 2021 Dec;42(4):637-647. doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2021.08.001. PMID: 34774171
Aboudara M, Maldonado F
Med Clin North Am 2019 May;103(3):475-485. doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2018.12.007. PMID: 30955515
Feller-Kopman D, Light R
N Engl J Med 2018 Feb 22;378(8):740-751. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra1403503. PMID: 29466146
Norvell JP, Spivey JR
Clin Liver Dis 2014 May;18(2):439-49. Epub 2014 Feb 25 doi: 10.1016/j.cld.2014.01.005. PMID: 24679505
Brennan MR
Am Fam Physician 1995 Jan;51(1):157-62. PMID: 7810468

Therapy

Bedawi EO, Stavroulias D, Hedley E, Blyth KG, Kirk A, De Fonseka D, Edwards JG, Internullo E, Corcoran JP, Marchbank A, Panchal R, Caruana E, Kadwani O, Okiror L, Saba T, Purohit M, Mercer RM, Taberham R, Kanellakis N, Condliffe AM, Lewis LG, Addala DN, Asciak R, Banka R, George V, Hassan M, McCracken D, Sundaralingam A, Wrightson JM, Dobson M, West A, Barnes G, Harvey J, Slade M, Chester-Jones M, Dutton S, Miller RF, Maskell NA, Belcher E, Rahman NM
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2023 Dec 15;208(12):1305-1315. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202305-0854OC. PMID: 37820359Free PMC Article
Addala DN, Bedawi EO, Rahman NM
Clin Chest Med 2021 Dec;42(4):637-647. doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2021.08.001. PMID: 34774171
Altmann ES, Crossingham I, Wilson S, Davies HR
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2019 Oct 30;2019(10) doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002312.pub4. PMID: 31684683Free PMC Article
Suzuki K, Saji H, Aokage K, Watanabe SI, Okada M, Mizusawa J, Nakajima R, Tsuboi M, Nakamura S, Nakamura K, Mitsudomi T, Asamura H; West Japan Oncology Group; Japan Clinical Oncology Group
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2019 Sep;158(3):895-907. Epub 2019 Apr 9 doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.03.090. PMID: 31078312
Redden MD, Chin TY, van Driel ML
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017 Mar 17;3(3):CD010651. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010651.pub2. PMID: 28304084Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Guy R, Henderson KL, Coelho J, Hughes H, Mason EL, Gerver SM, Demirjian A, Watson C, Sharp A, Brown CS, Lamagni T
Euro Surveill 2023 Jan;28(1) doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.1.2200942. PMID: 36695450Free PMC Article
Nakagawa K, Garon EB, Seto T, Nishio M, Ponce Aix S, Paz-Ares L, Chiu CH, Park K, Novello S, Nadal E, Imamura F, Yoh K, Shih JY, Au KH, Moro-Sibilot D, Enatsu S, Zimmermann A, Frimodt-Moller B, Visseren-Grul C, Reck M; RELAY Study Investigators
Lancet Oncol 2019 Dec;20(12):1655-1669. Epub 2019 Oct 4 doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30634-5. PMID: 31591063
Brouwer MC, Coutinho JM, van de Beek D
Neurology 2014 Mar 4;82(9):806-13. Epub 2014 Jan 29 doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000172. PMID: 24477107
Tu CY, Chen CH
Curr Opin Pulm Med 2012 Jul;18(4):355-8. doi: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e328352b50f. PMID: 22450302
Xiol X, Guardiola J
Curr Opin Pulm Med 1998 Jul;4(4):239-42. doi: 10.1097/00063198-199807000-00011. PMID: 10813241

Clinical prediction guides

Fernandez Elviro C, Longcroft-Harris B, Allin E, Leache L, Woo K, Bone JN, Pawliuk C, Tarabishi J, Carwana M, Wright M, Nama N; InsightScope Team
Chest 2023 Nov;164(5):1125-1138. Epub 2023 Jun 17 doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.06.010. PMID: 37463660
Livingston MH, Mahant S, Connolly B, MacLusky I, Laberge S, Giglia L, Yang C, Roberts A, Shawyer A, Brindle M, Parsons S, Stoian C, Walton JM, Thorpe KE, Chen Y, Zuo F, Mamdani M, Chan C, Loong D, Isaranuwatchai W, Ratjen F, Cohen E
JAMA Pediatr 2020 Apr 1;174(4):332-340. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.5863. PMID: 32011642Free PMC Article
Shaw JA, Irusen EM, Diacon AH, Koegelenberg CF
Clin Respir J 2018 May;12(5):1779-1786. doi: 10.1111/crj.12900. PMID: 29660258
Lv Y, Han G, Fan D
Ann Hepatol 2018 January-February;17(1):33-46. doi: 10.5604/01.3001.0010.7533. PMID: 29311408
Tu CY, Chen CH
Curr Opin Pulm Med 2012 Jul;18(4):355-8. doi: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e328352b50f. PMID: 22450302

Recent systematic reviews

Torres A, Kuraieva A, Stone GG, Cillóniz C
Eur Respir Rev 2023 Dec 31;32(170) Epub 2023 Oct 18 doi: 10.1183/16000617.0117-2023. PMID: 37852658Free PMC Article
Tan E, Braithwaite I, McKinlay CJD, Dalziel SR
JAMA Netw Open 2020 Oct 1;3(10):e2022398. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.22398. PMID: 33125495Free PMC Article
Altmann ES, Crossingham I, Wilson S, Davies HR
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2019 Oct 30;2019(10) doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002312.pub4. PMID: 31684683Free PMC Article
Redden MD, Chin TY, van Driel ML
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017 Mar 17;3(3):CD010651. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010651.pub2. PMID: 28304084Free PMC Article
Brouwer MC, Coutinho JM, van de Beek D
Neurology 2014 Mar 4;82(9):806-13. Epub 2014 Jan 29 doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000172. PMID: 24477107

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