PEDIATRICS Vol. 102 No. 4 October 1998, pp. 999-1000
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To the Editor.
I read with interest the study by Ramnath et al1
that uses ultrasonography to detect children with parapneumonic effusion who would benefit from surgical intervention. When researching this topic for a review article2 more than 15 years ago, I
was frustrated by the paucity of pediatric data. Much current clinical
practice