1 Department of Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA 2 Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, ...

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Introduction Parapneumonic effusion and empyema are common complications of paediatric pneumonia. Acceptable treatment modalities for large parapneumonic effusions include antibiotics alone or in ...

Aspiration pneumonia is a type of pneumonia caused by the accidental infiltration of food or other substances from the mouth or stomach into the lungs. The condition can be caused by bacteria that ...

Parapneumonic effusions are usually exudative in nature (Table 12-4). If thoracentesis of a pleural effusion indicates a transudative effusion in the setting of clinical pneumonia, this should ...

Pneumonia is a type of lung infection that causes the air sacs in the lungs to fill with liquid. There are different types of pneumonia. In most cases, pneumonia is caused by a bacterial or viral ...

Background: The aim of this study was to identify key factors on admission predicting the development of complicated parapneumonic effusion or empyema in patients admitted with community-acquired ...

Pneumonia is an infection caused by bacteria, viruses, or fungi. It leads to inflammation in the air sacs of one or both lungs. These sacs, called alveoli, fill with fluid or pus, making it ...

Also known as atypical pneumonia, "walking pneumonia" is a mild form of pneumonia, which is a lung infection. It is common in children aged 5-15 years old and adults younger than 40. As the ...

gDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa Complicated community-acquired pneumonia in a previously well child is a severe illness ...

Pneumonia, a lung infection, can cause coughing, hacking, or wheezing. You might think it’s just a cold or the flu. How can you tell the difference? Your other symptoms can give you some clues ...

Childhood pneumonia cases are surging in the Netherlands, a health agency in the country has reported. During the week of Nov. 13-19, there were 103 pneumonia cases in the Netherlands out of every ...