Pulmonary infections of surgical interest in childhood

Michele Loizzi; Angela De Palma; Vincenzo Pagliarulo; Domenico Loizzi; Francesco Sollitto

doi:10.1016/j.thorsurg.2012.04.005

Pulmonary infections of surgical interest in childhood

Thorac Surg Clin. 2012 Aug;22(3):387-401. doi: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2012.04.005.

Authors

Michele Loizzi¹, Angela De Palma, Vincenzo Pagliarulo, Domenico Loizzi, Francesco Sollitto

Affiliation

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, Bari 70124, Italy. [email protected]

PMID: 22789601
DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2012.04.005

Abstract

Thoracic surgeons often treat children with infections: pneumonia with abscess and/or empyema, multiresistant or complicated tuberculosis, or parasitic and fungal infections. The pediatric patient with serious infection presents anatomic and metabolic-functional frailty. Anesthesiologists and surgeons must consider this aspect to reduce surgical impairment and improve outcome. This article reviews the causes, pathophysiology, clinical aspects, diagnosis, and management of pleuropulmonary infections of surgical interest in childhood.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Empyema, Pleural / diagnosis
Empyema, Pleural / etiology
Empyema, Pleural / therapy
Humans
Infant
Lung / pathology
Lung Abscess / diagnosis
Lung Abscess / etiology
Lung Abscess / therapy
Necrosis / diagnosis
Necrosis / etiology
Necrosis / therapy
Pleural Effusion / diagnosis
Pleural Effusion / etiology
Pleural Effusion / therapy
Pneumonia, Bacterial / complications*
Pneumonia, Viral / complications*