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About 95% of lung abscess patients can be treated successfully with antibiotics alone. Patients who need surgical treatment have a mortality rate of 10-15%.
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Can blood tests be used for lung abscess diagnosis?
Blood tests cannot be used to make a diagnosis of lung abscess, but they can be useful in ruling out other conditions. Patients with lung abscess usually have abnormally high white blood cell counts (leukocytosis )
How is lung abscess treated?
Most patients with lung abscess will not need surgery. About 5% of patients-usually those who do not respond to antibiotics or are coughing up large amounts of blood may have emergency surgery for removal of the diseased part of the lung
Does lung abscess need oxygen to survive?
Yes
What is the most common site for lung abscess?
posterior segment of right upper lobe followed by right lower lobe are the most common site of primary lung abscess
How fast do lung abscesses form?
Lung abscess is usually slow to develop. It may take about two weeks after aspiration or bronchial obstruction for an abscess to produce noticeable symptoms.
What are the risk factors of lung abscess?
An abscess is essentially an infection that results in a hole forming in the tissue. The risk factors for getting a lung abscess include having lung cancer, severe pneumonia, or accidentally breathing in something poisonous or harmful.
What is the prognosis for Empyema?
The prognosis for recovery is generally good, except in those cases with complications, such as a brain abscess or blood poisoning, or cases caused by certain types of streptococci
What is the treatment for a lung abscess?
triple antibiotics like gentamycine,metriondazole and ceftazidin
How are x-rays used for lung abscesses?
The doctor will use the results of a chest x ray to help distinguish lung abscess from empyema, cancer, tuberculosis, or cysts. In patients with lung abscess, the x ray will show a thick-walled unified clear space or cavity surrounded by solid tissue
What is the prognosis for SVCS?
In cases of SVCS caused by lung cancers, the prognosis is generally rather poor since SVCS does not generally occur until the later stages of these diseases.
What is the medical term used to describe the potential outcome of a disease?
Prognosis is the medical term used to describe the potential outcome of a disease. For example, the prognosis for strep throat is excellent, with the expectation of a full recovery. The prognosis for lung cancer is bleaker.
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