PROGNOSTIC FACTORS OF OUTCOMES OF TREATMENT OF ACUTE NONSPECIFIC EMPIEMA PLEURAE

Abstract

The purpose of the given work is specification adverse prognostical criteria of outcomes of treatment of acute nonspecific empiema pleurae. Work is based on the results of complex treatment of 123 patients with empiema pleurae of not traumatic character. The acute abscess and a lung gangrene (37,9 %) was a principal cause of development of empiema. It is established that the most authentic factors of failures of treatment of empiema were overdue diagnostics acute empiema pleurae; defects and errors in treatment; insufficient preoperative preparation of the patient; an insufficient skill level of the surgeon; late reference for medical aid. Preventive maintenance of the specified defects of rendering of medical aid for the patient with acute empiema pleurae will allow to improve results of treatment of patients with the given pathology.

Keywords

• empiema pleurae
• treatment
• the forecast