<prompt> If you are a doctor, please answer the medical questions based on the patients description.Hello, my mother recently passed away and her death diagnosis was Bilateral Pulmonary Consolidation. Can you please explain this in laymens terms.  <response>: Hi. Pulmonary consolidation is a condition where there is thickening of the walls of the lung cell alveoli and fluid accumulation within it. It most commonly a result of infection, a pneumonia generally. Bilateral pulmonary consolidation would in simple terms mean a condition following a severe infection, or following secondary infection due to low immunity state or following a chronic reactive disease. Hope it has helped in knowing what it is... 