Front-door thoracic ultrasound in patients with community-acquired pneumonia to diagnose and predict pleural infection: a prospective study.
Bhatnagar M., Chamberlin N., Rahman NM., Stanton AE.
The incidence of parapneumonic effusions is higher than previously estimated when thoracic ultrasound is used as a diagnostic tool. TUS may have a role in prognostication and prediction of pleural infection, and this requires further evaluation. https://bit.ly/3UkV7nQ.