Previous large pleural infection trials (MIST1 and MIST2) were conducted prior to the era of common ultrasound. The oft-held belief that a septated effusion requires upfront surgical treatment is not ...

Transcutaneous thoracic ultrasonography is more diagnostically conclusive in detecting pleural effusion than the methods ... Signal amplification ultrasound is gaining importance in the detection ...

The baby required mechanical ventilation due to worsening of respiratory distress, and chest X-ray, as well as ultrasound conducted 12 hours, postinfusion of TPN revealed right-sided pleural effusion.