Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 2

To Study the Clinical Profile, Microbiology, Radiological and Therapeutic Aspects of Empyema Thoracis in Children

  • Author:
  • Kapil Bhalla1, Sanjiv Nanda2, Alok Khanna3, Jitender Jakhar4, Shuchi Mehra5, Manish Swami6, Raman Wadhera7
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 226 to 230

1Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, PGIMS, Rohtak

2Senior Professor, Department of Pediatrics, PGIMS, Rohtak

3Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, PGIMS, Rohtak

4Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, PGIMS, Rohtak

5Junior Resident, Department of Microbiology, PGIMS, Rohtak

6Junior Resident, Department of Pediatrics, PGIMS, Rohtak

7Professor, Deptt. of ENT, PGIMS, Rohtak

Online published on 11 April, 2017.

Abstract

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.

Keywords

Empyema thoracis, thoracostomy, antibiotics