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It's a complication of pneumonia called a parapneumonic effusion and it's not good.
Daily Kos 2009
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We hypothesize that deaths caused by parapneumonic empyema are increasing in Utah once again despite advances in critical care and the availability of antimicrobial drugs and new vaccines.
Daily Kos 2009
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In the study, performed at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, N.Y., both chest CT and chest ultrasound were performed on 19 children with complicated pneumonia accompanied by parapneumonic effusion.
Medindia Health News 2009
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American Journal of Roentgenology says that chest ultrasound can serve as a viable alternative to chest CT in the evaluation of pediatric patients with complicated pneumonia and parapneumonic effusion.
Medindia Health News 2009
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