?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Explosive+Pleuritis&rft.creator=Kumar%2C+S&rft.creator=Sharath+Babu%2C+NM&rft.creator=Kaushik%2C+M&rft.creator=Verma%2C+BS&rft.creator=Kaushal%2C+SS&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Pleural+effusions+associated+with+pneumonia+(parapneumonic+effusions)+are+one+of+the+most+common+causes+of+exudative+pleural+effusions+in+the+world.+Approximately+20+to+40%25+of+patients+hospitalized+with+pneumonia+will+have+an+accompanying+pleural+effusion.+The+term+'Explosive+pleuritis'+was+originally+described+by+Braman+and+Donat+in+1986+as+pleural+effusions+developing+within+hours+of+admission.+We+report+a+38+years+old+male+patient+with+minimal+pleural+effusion+which+progressed+rapidly+within+one+day+to+involve+almost+whole+of+the+hemithorax.+There+were+multiple+loculations+on+ultrasonography+of+thorax.+Pleural+fluid+was+sero-sanguinous+and+revealed+gram+positive+diplococcic.+The+patient+improved+with+antibiotics+and+pigtail+catheter+drainage.&rft.publisher=BS+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2012-01-15&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8862%2F1%2F2011-4-12.pdf&rft.identifier=++Kumar%2C+S+and+Sharath+Babu%2C+NM+and+Kaushik%2C+M+and+Verma%2C+BS+and+Kaushal%2C+SS++(2012)+Explosive+Pleuritis.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8862%2F