Volume : VIII, Issue : V, May - 2018

A study of Empyema thoracis in children

Dr. Praveen S Bagalkot

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This study comprises of 27 children with empyema thoracis. Boys were more commonly affected with younger age ie  median age of 3years 2months.Fever and cough was noted in all children. The commonest organism isolated was Staph aurues. Depending up on clinicoradiological  features, all children received CTD with antibiotics, Primary VATS or secondary VATS .There was a radiological clearance in 6 cases and pleural thickening in 6 cases at 6 weeks post discharge follow up.

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Dr.Praveen S Bagalkot, A study of Empyema thoracis in children, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-5 | May-2018

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