Definition of Empyemas. Meaning of Empyemas. Synonyms of Empyemas

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Definition of Empyemas

Empyema
Empyema Em`py*e"ma, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, from ? to suppurate; ? in + ? pus.] (Med.) A collection of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity of the body, especially that of the pleura. --Dunglison. Note: The term empyema is now restricted to a collection of pus in the cavity of the pleura.

Meaning of Empyemas from wikipedia

- An empyema (/ˌɛmpaɪˈiːmə/) is a collection or gathering of pus within a naturally existing anatomical cavity. The term is most commonly used to refer...
- Pleural empyema is a collection of pus in the pleural cavity caused by microorganisms, usually bacteria. Often it happens in the context of a pneumonia...
- (often isoechogenic with empyema). Appropriate management includes chest tube drainage (tube thoracostomy). Treatment of empyemas includes antibiotics, complete...
- Subdural empyema is a form of empyema – a collection of pus, in the subdural space. Bacterial or occasionally fungal infection of the skull bones or air...
- Hospital. It was originally intended to aid with drainage of tuberculous empyemas, since at the time there were no effective medications to treat tuberculosis...
- 1183/13993003.01918-2018. PMID 30523207. Catheter drainage is used for empyemas after chest-tube failure: vanSonnenberg E, Nakamoto SK, Mueller PR, Casola...
- compared to acute appendicitis in humans, because both are essentially empyemas within an abdominal organ. The most obvious symptom of open pyometra is...
- inhaling or drinking the foreign body. The physicians also thought that empyemas could occur after parapneumonic infections or pleurisy because the chest...
- traumatic chest injury, rib fractures are also commonly observed on x-ray. An empyema is a collection of pus inside the pleural cavity. It is a complication...
- Pneumothorax/Hemopneumothorax Pleural effusion Hemothorax Hydrothorax Chylothorax Empyema/pyothorax Malignant Fibrothorax Mediastinal disease Mediastinitis Mediastinal...