Pocket ICU Management
Complicated Pleural Space Infections
First Things First (assess & treat for the following)
- Does pt have pleural effusion & clinical picture consistent w/ pneumonia (eg, parapneumonic effusion)? Start empiric antibiotics after blood cultures are done.
- Diagnostic thoracentesis for moderate to large effusions using ultrasound or CT guidance unless contraindicated (eg, severe coagulopathy)
- Early thoracic surgery & interventional radiology consultation for complicated pleural space mgt
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Last updated: April 15, 2010
Citation
"Complicated Pleural Space Infections." Pocket ICU Management, PocketMedicine.com, Inc, 2010. Anesthesia Central, anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Pocket-ICU-Management/534260/all/Complicated_Pleural_Space_Infections.
Complicated Pleural Space Infections. Pocket ICU Management. PocketMedicine.com, Inc; 2010. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Pocket-ICU-Management/534260/all/Complicated_Pleural_Space_Infections. Accessed June 7, 2023.
Complicated Pleural Space Infections. (2010). In Pocket ICU Management. PocketMedicine.com, Inc. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Pocket-ICU-Management/534260/all/Complicated_Pleural_Space_Infections
Complicated Pleural Space Infections [Internet]. In: Pocket ICU Management. PocketMedicine.com, Inc; 2010. [cited 2023 June 07]. Available from: https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Pocket-ICU-Management/534260/all/Complicated_Pleural_Space_Infections.
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