 Empyema, Pleural
"Empyema, Pleural" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Suppurative inflammation of the pleural space.
| Descriptor ID |
D016724
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.539.739.484 C01.539.830.305.310 C08.528.240 C08.730.265
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| Concept/Terms |
Empyema, Pleural- Empyema, Pleural
- Empyemas, Pleural
- Pleural Empyema
- Pleural Empyemas
- Empyema, Thoracic
- Empyemas, Thoracic
- Thoracic Empyema
- Thoracic Empyemas
- Pyothorax
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Empyema, Pleural" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Empyema, Pleural" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Empyema, Pleural" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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James CA, Lewis PS, Moore MB, Wong K, Rader EK, Roberson PK, Ghaleb NA, Jensen HK, Pezeshkmehr AH, Stroud MH, Ashton DJ. Efficacy of standardizing fibrinolytic therapy for parapneumonic effusion. Pediatr Radiol. 2022 11; 52(12):2413-2420.
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Kheir F, Thakore S, Mehta H, Jantz M, Parikh M, Chee A, Kaphle U, Sisnega C, Fernandez-Bussy S, Majid A. Intrapleural Fibrinolytic Therapy versus Early Medical Thoracoscopy for Treatment of Pleural Infection. Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2020 08; 17(8):958-964.
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Hanson SJ, Havens PL, Simpson PM, Nugent ML, Wells RG. Intrapleural alteplase decreases parapneumonic effusion volume in children more than saline irrigation. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2015 Dec; 50(12):1328-35.
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