RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Alhariri, Bassem N. A1 Ameen, Ayisha A1 Nashwan, Abdulqadir J.YR 2022 T1 Community-Acquired Pneumonia with rapidly progressing pleural effusion within 24 hours: A case report JF Journal of Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Acute Care, VO 2022 IS 4 OP SP 16 DO https://doi.org/10.5339/jemtac.2022.16 PB Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press), SN 1999-7094, AB Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) complicated with pleural effusion mostly present with shortness of breath and pleuritic chest pain, and usually, pleural fluid (PE) progresses gradually. In this report, a case of CAP patient complicated with PE presented with left shoulder pain is discussed. The PE was found to have rapidly accumulated as a massive effusion within 24 hours of presentation. Thoracocentesis was performed and revealed an exudative picture. Patients with CAP can present with atypical symptoms on admission but may develop massive parapneumonic pleural effusion within a short time that would need definite management via urgent chest tube placement., UL https://www.qscience.com/content/journals/10.5339/jemtac.2022.16