Parapneumonic effusion: diagnosis and treatment are a matter of timing

Symposium
Chairs: W. Boersma (Alkmaar, The Netherlands), W. Lim (Nottingham, United Kingdom)
Aims: This symposium will explain that speeding up diagnostic techniques and treatments may be very beneficial for patients with a parapneumonic effusion (including empyema).

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