Prognostic Value of Computed Tomography in Empyema: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study.
Akihiro ShiroshitaYuya KimuraAtsushi YamadaChigusa ShirakawaCong YueHokuto SuzukiKeisuke AnanKenya SatoKiyoshi NakashimaMasafumi TakeshitaTakehiro OkunoTatsuya NitawakiHiroyuki SuzukiHiroshi IgeiJun SuzukiKeisuke TomiiMasahiro OhgiyaYuki KataokaPublished in: Annals of the American Thoracic Society (2023)
While interlobar pleural effusion predicted lower 90-day mortality regardless of early thoracic surgery, the presence of bronchopleural fistula predicted higher 90-day mortality with empyema. Our results warrant further validation.