Proposed cut-off for harmless parapneumonic effusion: 2.5 cm on CT (Eur Resp J)
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Richard Light and friends established that parapneumonic effusions (PPE) associated with community-acquired pneumonia very rarely progress if the effusion is freely layering and less than 1 cm in height on a lateral decubitus chest film. But who orders those anymore?
Proposed cut-off for harmless parapneumonic effusion: 2.5 cm on CT (Eur Resp J)
Proposed cut-off for harmless parapneumonic…
Proposed cut-off for harmless parapneumonic effusion: 2.5 cm on CT (Eur Resp J)
Richard Light and friends established that parapneumonic effusions (PPE) associated with community-acquired pneumonia very rarely progress if the effusion is freely layering and less than 1 cm in height on a lateral decubitus chest film. But who orders those anymore?