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Empyema

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = Presence of pus in a hollow organ or body cavity.,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

PR4.2654, 1940-1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2654
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, note and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 32 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: left frontal sinusitis; empyaema; nasal obstruction; and supraorbital neuritis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940-1946
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20, Filed by Disease

PR2.11298, 1952

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11298
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, note, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: secondary intracranial infective lesions; bronchiectasis; empyema; hemiplegia; facial weakness; diplopia; headache; vomiting; and broncho-pleural fistula. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 2)

PR2.13816, 1954

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13816
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, report and chart relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 8 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: cerebellar abscess; empyema; pneumonia; discharging ear; headache; vomiting; bradycardia; nystagmus; and hypotonia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 3)

PR2.16432, 1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16432
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 50 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: closed head injury; skull fracture; intracranial haemorrhage; intracranial pressure; empyema; and collapsed lung. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1956
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 3)