{"id":8448,"date":"2025-02-06T14:19:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T14:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/?p=8448"},"modified":"2025-06-19T08:34:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T07:34:35","slug":"pleural-infection-presentation-and-timeline-of-events-real-world-data-from-a-tertiary-hospital-in-the-uk-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/2025\/02\/06\/pleural-infection-presentation-and-timeline-of-events-real-world-data-from-a-tertiary-hospital-in-the-uk-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Pleural infection presentation and timeline of events: Real-world data from a tertiary hospital in the UK (2024)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Type of publication:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conference abstract<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Author(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mannan S.; Waseem T.; Safwan N.; Ganaie M.;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Citation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pleural infection presentation and timeline of events: Real-world data from a tertiary hospital in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Background: Pleural infection remains a significant burden on mortality and morbidity in the Western world even with the advancement of clinical management. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Objective(s): This paper aims to study the clinical course of empyema thoracic patients managed in a tertiary hospital in the UK. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Method(s): We did a retrospective observational study of the hospital's electronic records of patients who were diagnosed and managed for empyema thoracic from January 2021 to December 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Result(s): The total cohort was 104 empyema thoracic patients. The mean age was 60. The affected males were almost double than females (68 vs 36). We did a retrospective RAPID score of our cohort. The RAPID score could not be calculated for 35 patients due to the unavailability of pleural fluid data. High inpatient mortality (23%) was observed in the medium- risk (RAPID score 3-4) group and high 3-month mortality (25%) was observed in the high-risk (RAPID score 5-7) group. The majority of the patients were managed conservatively. No difference was noticed in the median length of hospital stay (11d) in all the risk groups. A high rate of (37%) surgical management was observed in the low-risk (RAPID score 0-2) group. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conclusion(s): Our cohort's data comply with the predicted mortality risk of the RAPID score. We emphasize that RAPID score calculation can be a significant tool in the management of empyema thoracic patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/publications.ersnet.org\/content\/erj\/64\/suppl68\/pa5118\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Link to full-text<\/a> [no password required]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Type of publication: Conference abstract Author(s): Mannan S.; Waseem T.; Safwan N.; Ganaie M.; Citation: Pleural infection presentation and timeline of events: Real-world data from a tertiary hospital in the UK. 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