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Evidenced-based guidelines for management of infants and children with community-
acquired pneumonia (CAP) were prepared by an expert panel comprising clinicians and …

Patients with primary pneumothorax are best initially treated with aspiration and, if this is
successful, hospitalization is usually not necessary. Patients with secondary pneumothorax …

A 70-year-old man with an 80-pack-year history of smoking and a history of congestive heart
failure presents with increasing shortness of breath. He also has aching chest pain on the …

Background Intrapleural fibrinolytic agents are used in the drainage of infected pleural-fluid
collections. This use is based on small trials that did not have the statistical power to …

Parapneumonic effusions occur in 20 to 40% of patients who are hospitalized with
pneumonia. The mortality rate in patients with a parapneumonic effusion is higher than that …

Pleural infection is a common condition encountered by respiratory physicians and thoracic
surgeons alike. The European Respiratory Society (ERS) and European Society of Thoracic …

Approximately 1.5 million people develop a pleural effusion in the United States each year.
1 There are many different causes of pleural effusions (Box 1). When a patient is seen who …

A pleural effusion is an excessive accumulation of fluid in the pleural space. It can pose a
diagnostic dilemma to the treating physician because it may be related to disorders of the …

Severe sepsis and septic shock are as common and lethal as other acute life-threatening
conditions that emergency physicians routinely confront such as acute myocardial infarction …