title: [Empyema necessitatis--a differential diagnostic problem in ventilated patients in intensive care].
abstract: Development of an empyema necessitatis under mechanical artificial respiration with high peak pressures is described on the basis of a case report on a patient in whom the phenomenon was the sequel of pneumonia with abscess formation. Conventional x-ray diagnosis can merely yield pointers towards possible differential diagnoses, whereas CT supplies an unequivocal diagnosis. X-ray image and differential diagnosis are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Klinische Strahlenkunde, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Neukirch
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zocholl
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Menke
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003422:Critical Care; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Das Empyema necessitatis--differentialdiagnostische Probleme beim beatmeten Intensivpatienten.