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ArticleCureus2024

A Case of Necrotizing Pneumonia Complicated by Hydropneumothorax.

Asim Alawad, Muhnad Mohamed Abdeen, Khalid Y Fadul, Moayad A Elgassim, Shahda Ahmed, Mohamed Elgassim

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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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Asim AlawadEmergency Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.
Muhnad Mohamed AbdeenEmergency Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.
Khalid Y FadulEmergency Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.
Moayad A ElgassimMedical Education, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, QAT.
Shahda AhmedEmergency Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar, QAT.
Mohamed ElgassimEmergency Medicine, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, QAT.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a case of a 58-year-old man who had asthma and developed necrotizing pneumonia (NP). The Computed Tomography (CT) scan of his chest showed cavitating consolidation with hydropneumothorax. Despite chest tube insertion and antibiotics, the patient did not improve. Therefore, surgical intervention was considered, and he underwent a right posterior-lateral thoracotomy, with middle lobe lobectomy, and decortication. As a result, the patient's condition started to improve, and he was discharged in good health.

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cavitation pneumoniacomplicationemergency medicine physicianhydropneumothoraxnercrotizing pneumonia

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PMID38716008
PMCPMC11076000

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