TY - JOUR AU - Huang, Hung-Che AU - Chen, Heng-Chung AU - Fang, Hsin-Yuan AU - Lin, Yi-Chieh AU - Wu, Chin-Yen AU - Cheng, Ching-Yuan PY - 2010 DA - 2010/10/20 TI - Lung abscess predicts the surgical outcome in patients with pleural empyema JO - Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery SP - 88 VL - 5 IS - 1 AB - Most cases of pleural empyema are caused by pulmonary infections, which are usually combined with pneumonia or lung abscess. The mortality of patients with pleural empyema remains high (up to 20%). It also contributes to higher hospital costs and longer hospital stays. We studied pleural empyema with combined lung abscess to determine if abscess was associated with mortality. SN - 1749-8090 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-5-88 DO - 10.1186/1749-8090-5-88 ID - Huang2010 ER -