Clinical features, patterns of care and outcome of children with empyema: A retrospective review at a Regional Tropical Hospital

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Empyema thoracis; Acute pneumonia; Respiratory - Other respiratory disorders / diseases; Infection - Studies of infection and infectious agents

• Registration Number: ACTRN12613000814774
• Lead Sponsor: The Townsville Hospital, Institute of Women's and Child Health, Department of Paediatrics

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2013-07-24
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 45

Inclusion Criteria

All children admitted to our tertiary referral centre in North Queensland, Australia with pleural effusion in the context of acute pneumonia.

Exclusion Criteria

All adult cases.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ength of hospital stay.[Hospital admission duration]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Complications from procedure/s. These can include failure of alternate therapy, such as simple drainage or fibroinolysis. Each comes with separate risks, such as haemorrhage (in some rare cases fatal) from fibrinolysis and chronic pain syndromes from thoracotomies.<br>These are assessed from the recorded entries in the case notes.[Measured over hospital admission duration and follow-up clinics.];Antibiotic selection strategy. This outcome is assessed by comparing the antibiotics charted on admission to the organism sensitivities derived from culture, when available, and ultimately successful antibiotic selection, if different.[Measured over duration of entire illness with data from referring hospital.]