RT Book, Section
A1 Swami, Sanjeev
A1 Mattei, Peter
A1 Shah, Samir S.
A2 Shah, Samir S.
SR Print(0)
ID 6906306
T1 Chapter 34. Complicated Pneumonia
T2 Pediatric Practice: Infectious Disease
YR 2009
FD 2009
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-148924-9
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6906306
RD 2024/04/20
AB The  term  complicated  pneumonia,  in  this  chapter,  will  refer  to  pneumonia  complicated  by  the  accumulation  of  fluid  or  purulent  material  in  the  pleural  space;  this  term  includes  parapneumonic  effusions  and  empyema.  The  frequency  of  complicated  pneumonia  among  all  children  with  community-acquired  pneumonia  (CAP)  is  not  known.  However,  complicated  pneumonia  has  been  reported  to  occur  in  6–8%  of  children  hospitalized  with  CAP.1,2