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| Community Acquired Pnemonia IDSA Guideline 2003 | ||||||||||||||
| Pleural Effusion Review NEJM 2002 | ||||||||||||||
| Pleural Effusion Management ACCP Guideline 2000 | ||||||||||||||
| Empyema Chest Tube Outcomes 1999 | ||||||||||||||
| Pleural Thrombolytics RCT 2005 | ||||||||||||||
| This is the first multicenter RCT for the use of thrombolytics in empyema, and was a negative study. Some limitations, including non standardized treatment, and did not differentiate the kind or age of effusion, but still noteworthy | ||||||||||||||