Grover13
| Shorter hospital stay | | N/A | Abx: less fever, positive pleural fluid and wound cultures |
Stone6
| 8 | 10 | 6 | Abx: lower positive pleural fluid and wound cultures |
LeBlanc5
| N/A | N/A | Abx: less overall infections |
Mandal14
| 6.83 | 5.5 | 3.75 | 4.33 | |
LoCurto15
| 6.6 | 10.3 | 5.4 | 3.8 | Placebo: 5 thoracotomies for empyema |
Brunner20
| 5.2 | 8.3 | 4.1 | 7.2 | |
Cant16
| 3.9 | 5.6 | 3.5 | 4.1 | Similar positive pleural fluid cultures Placebo: 5 thoracotomies for sepsis |
Nichols19
| 6.3 | 7.2 | 4.9 | 5 | Abx: less fever, WBC count Placebo: 1 thoracotomy for empyema |
Gonzalez17
| 5.9 | 6.3 | 4.9 | 4.8 | Abx: more chest tube reinsertion, pleural effusion |
Maxwell7
| 7.9 | 4.6 | |
Villegas Carlos18
| N/A | 6.56 | |
Heydari12
| N/A | 6.8 | |