A 6-year-old Indigenous girl is transferred from a rural facility with right lower-lobe pneumonia that has not improved after four days of IV benzylpenicillin. Repeat CXR shows a developing parapneumonic effusion. Bedside lung ultrasound from the right lower zone is shown below.
| Observation |
Value |
| Temperature |
39.2 C |
| Heart rate |
152/min |
| Central capillary refill |
2.5 seconds |
| Respiratory rate |
42/min |
| Oxygen saturation |
93% on 3 L/min nasal prongs |
Lung ultrasound
List biochemical or microbiological pleural-fluid features that suggest empyema.
(Marked out of 3.0)
/ 3
Describe two (2) important ultrasound features.
(Marked out of 2.0)
/ 2
State the most likely diagnosis.
(Marked out of 1.0)
/ 1
Outline medical and surgical management.
(Marked out of 5.0)
/ 5
Total Score: 0 / 11
Percentage: 0%
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