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ArticleCureus2024

Necrotizing Pneumonia With Extensive Lobar Cavitation.

Maxim Suleac, Socrates Naranjo, Malam Djassi, Isabel Lavadinho

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact, top 95% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Management of pneumonia by the emergency radiologist.European journal of radiology open · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maxim SuleacInternal Medicine Department, Unidade Local de Saúde do Norte Alentejano, Portalegre, PRT.
Socrates NaranjoInternal Medicine Department, Unidade Local de Saúde do Norte Alentejano, Portalegre, PRT.
Malam DjassiInternal Medicine Department, Unidade Local de Saúde do Norte Alentejano, Portalegre, PRT.
Isabel LavadinhoInternal Medicine Department, Unidade Local de Saúde do Norte Alentejano, Portalegre, PRT.
Administração Regional de Saúde de Lisboa e Vale do Tejo · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pneumonia occupies one of the leading positions in morbidity and mortality worldwide. It is frequently categorized depending on the site of acquisition. Here, we present a case of a young woman who was admitted to the Emergency Department (ED) with cough, dyspnea, fever, and progressive worsening associated with palpitations and hypotension. An initial x-ray was followed by a computed tomography (CT) scan of the chest, which revealed signs of extensive left lung pneumonia with pleural effusion. Despite initial improvement after antibiotic treatment, the patient's condition declined. A repeat chest CT showed evidence of extensive lobar cavitations, leading to suspicion of tuberculosis.

Indexed as

cavitationdyspneanecrotizing pneumoniapleural effusiontuberculosis

Identifiers

PMID38638719
PMCPMC11024767
OpenAlexW4392962416

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