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The aim of this clinical case is to highlight the treatment of an empyema by placement of a Seldinger Cook 14 F small-bore chest drain at the bedside of the patient. Subsequently, in addition to antibiotic therapy, 100,000 IU intrapleural Urokinase was used for 5 consecutive days. The case report underlines that an empyema requires an immediate therapeutic strategy, and the smaller-bore tubes may be the initial treatment of choice for pleural infection.
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Mori, P.A. (2023). Pleural Drain: Clinical Case of Pleural Effusion Treated with Small-Bore Pleural Drain. In: Casalini, A.G. (eds) Practical Manual of Pleural Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20312-1_15
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