Open AccessTreatment of pneumococcal empyema in children with optoquine. Leitner (Mon. f. Kinderheilk., Bd. 38, No. 1-2)
Publication year - 1928
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj96678
Subject(s) - empyema , medicine , surgery , pediatrics
The author advises that in cases of pneumococcal empyema in children, pus should be discharged by puncture, followed by washing the cavity with % optochini basici solution, leaving 0.025 of the product per kilogram of child weight (in a 5% solution) in the cavity after each puncture.