住院治疗的肺炎患者罹患此症的发生率可高达 57%。[167]Light RW, Girard WM, Jenkinson SG, et al. Parapneumonic effusions. Am J Med. 1980 Oct;69(4):507-12.
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伴有胸膜腔积液的 CAP 病例中,约 1% 至 2% 的病例会并发脓胸。
应将胸腔积液考虑为诊断肺炎严重程度的指标,胸腔积液与治疗失败风险增高显著相关。[1]Lim WS, Baudouin SV, George RC, et al; Pneumonia Guidelines Committee of the BTS Standards of Care Committee. British Thoracic Society guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in adults: update 2009. Thorax. 2009 Oct;64(suppl 3):iii1-55.
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