Abstract:
The review article provides basic information on the diagnosis and treatment of acute purulent destructive lung diseases. The prob lem is considered relevant in connection with the wide spread of this disease among the population of the planet, since according to
statistical summaries, lung diseases are statistically in fourth place. An analysis of modern methods of treatment of purulent destruc tive lung diseases is presented, which is based on the classical approach - in the maximum early period, drain and empty the abscess
in the lung. This method of treatment has been worked out and is widely used in clinical practice. However, this method of treat ment does not satisfy the results, which to date remain not comforting. All this indicates the need to continue research in this direc tion and the search for new approaches in the treatment of patients with purulent destructive lung disease
