Empyema risk factors

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Prince Tano Djan, BSc, MBChB [2]

Overview

Common risk factors in the development of empyema include:^[1]

Bacterial pneumonia
Thoracic surgery^[2]
NSAIDs use during acute viral infection is associated with an increased risk of empyema in children^[3]
Lung abscess
Chest trauma^[4]
Following tube thoracostomy drainage^[5]

↑ Giubergia V, Alessandrini F, Barrias C, Giuseppucci C, Reusmann A, Barrenechea M; et al. (2017). "Risk factors for morbidities and mortality in children following pneumonectomy". Respirology. 22 (1): 187–191. doi:10.1111/resp.12867. PMID 27511212.
↑ Yang Y, Gao W, Zhao H, Yang Y, Shi J, Sun Y; et al. (2016). "Risk factors and consequences of perioperative reoperation in patients undergoing pulmonary resection surgery". Surgery. 159 (2): 591–601. doi:10.1016/j.surg.2015.07.030. PMID 26365946.
↑ Le Bourgeois M, Ferroni A, Leruez-Ville M, Varon E, Thumerelle C, Brémont F; et al. (2016). "Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug without Antibiotics for Acute Viral Infection Increases the Empyema Risk in Children: A Matched Case-Control Study". J Pediatr. 175: 47–53.e3. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.05.025. PMID 27339249.
↑ Danielian ShN, Abakumov MM, Vil'k AP, Saprin AA, Tatarinova EV (2015). "[Risk factors of suppurative complications in case of thoracic injury]". Khirurgiia (Mosk) (7): 13–9. PMID 26271559.
↑ Wells BJ, Roberts DJ, Grondin S, Navsaria PH, Kirkpatrick AW, Dunham MB; et al. (2015). "To drain or not to drain? Predictors of tube thoracostomy insertion and outcomes associated with drainage of traumatic hemothoraces". Injury. 46 (9): 1743–8. doi:10.1016/j.injury.2015.04.032. PMID 25983221.