Empylea

Has anyone had empylea? Particularly if you have bronchiectasis. If so, could you tell me what the treatment is?

Many thanks

[stilltruckin]

Do you mean empyema? Not had it myself, nor bronch', but found this: bestpractice.bmj.com/best-p...

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thanks stilltruckin, yes I did mean empyema. I tried your link but I have to subscribe to get on to the site.

[stilltruckin in reply to Hidden]

Yes, it asked me to subscribe when I clicked on it again. How strange, it didn't the first time . . .

And yet when I google 'empyema treatment': google.co.uk/search?q=empye...

and click on the 8th link on the list, titled:

'Empyema - Treatment - Step-by-step - Best Practice - English'

Then I get in without subscribing . . .

Quote:

'Treatment approach

All patients with empyema and complicated parapneumonic effusion require antibiotic treatment and urgent pleural fluid drainage. [1] [2] [10] [27] The key goal of treatment is sterilisation of the pleural space.

Patients may be septic at presentation and require emergency fluid resuscitation and urgent intravenous antibiotics even before the diagnosis is established.

In patients who fail to respond to chest tube drainage, surgery should be considered, and in those who are not surgical candidates, intrapleural fibrinolytics or insertion of an indwelling pleural catheter may be attempted. Patients should be under the care of a respiratory physician or thoracic surgeon. . . . etc'

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yes Iv'e found all that and because it has scared me to death I was hoping to speak to someone who has actually had it. Thanks so much for trying to help.