Pleural effusions complicate up to 57% of bacterial pneumonias. They vary in severity, ranging from uncomplicated effusions to empyema. Some require only antibiotics and observation, while others ...

B is a diagrammatic representation of A. C is a right lateral roentgenogram taken on the same day, showing the large circular shadow (arrows) representing a loculated pleural effusion in the ...

Attempts to obliterate the pleural space go back at least as far as 1906, when Spengler 5 instilled silver nitrate in patients with spontaneous pneumothorax. Bethune 6 (1935), Medici 7 (1944) and ...

Loculated pleural effusion (LPE) is a condition in which fluid is trapped within the pleural cavity due to fibrinous adhesions, leading to pain, shortness of breath and possibly sepsis.

Lung Therapeutics is developing two primary drugs: LTI-01 to treat loculated pleural effusion, a serious complication of pneumonia, and LTI-03 to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Lung Therapeutics announced that it received Orphan Drug Designation for LTI-01, an injectable designed for the treatment of loculated pleural effusion. Lung Therapeutics, a pharmaceutical company ...

Catheter is placed called Tunneled indwelling pleural catheter, so you can have pleural effusion at home. Draining the catheter 2-3 times week or as directed by the physician. Expert opinion from ...