Pericardial effusion in community-acquired pneumonia: Casuality or etiology?

We share the main concerns expressed by Funda Sungur Biteker et al. in the study called “A small pericardial effusion is a marker of complicated hospitalization in patients with community-acquired pneumonia”. We would like to congratulate the authors for the idea of carrying out this study. The main objective was to evaluate the frequency and prognostic of small pericardial effusio n in patients hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia. The authors found that the presence of a small pericardial effusion is associated with adverse events and increased mortality in various clinical conditions.

Source: Journal of Critical Care - May 18, 2018 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Diego Rodr íguez Torres Source Type: research