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Thoracic ultrasound for pleural effusion in the intensive care unit: a narrative review from diagnosis to treatment

Critical Care, 2017
Pleural effusion (PLEFF), mostly caused by volume overload, congestive heart failure, and pleuropulmonary infection, is a common condition in critical care patients.
E. Brogi, L. Gargani, E. Bignami, F. Barbariol, A. Marra, F. Forfori, Luigi Vetrugno   +6 more
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Recurrent chest pain as a rare presentation of extra‐pelvic endometriosis

Clinical Case Reports, 2021
Periodic chest pain, with bloody pleural effusion should raise the suspicion of pleural endometriosis as a well‐known, but a rare condition in clinical practice.
Mousa Hussein, Mutaz Albakri, Shanima Ismail, Abbas Alabbas, Samir Al Hyassat   +4 more
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Cytohistological Correlation in Pleural Effusions Based on the International System for Reporting Serous Fluid Cytopathology

Diagnostics, 2021
The International System for Reporting Serous Fluid Cytology (TIS) was recently developed. Given its novelty, most studies looking into the risk of malignancy (ROM) of serous effusion diagnostic categories were published before the development of TIS. We
Daniel Pinto, Eduardo Cruz, Diamantina Branco, Cláudia Linares, Conceição Carvalho, Amélia Silva, Martinha Chorão, Fernando Schmitt   +7 more
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Evaluation of the patient with pleural effusion

Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2018
KEY POINTS Evaluation of the patient with pleural effusion is challenging, because the differential diagnosis is broad and includes both benign and life-threatening conditions.
Stéphane Beaudoin, Anne V Gonzalez
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Malignant pleural effusion: from bench to bedside

European Respiratory Review, 2016
Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is a common but serious condition that is related with poor quality of life, morbidity and mortality. Its incidence and associated healthcare costs are rising and its management remains palliative, with median survival ...
I. Psallidas, I. Kalomenidis, J. Porcel, B. Robinson, G. Stathopoulos   +4 more
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Incidence, outcomes, and risk factors of pleural effusion in patients receiving dasatinib therapy for Philadelphia chromosome-positive leukemia

Haematologica, 2018
Dasatinib, a second-generation BCR-ABL1 tyrosine kinase inhibitor, is approved for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia and Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia, both as first-line therapy and after imatinib intolerance or ...
T. Hughes, P. Laneuville, P. Rousselot, D. Snyder, D. Réa, N. Shah, D. Paár, E. Abruzzese, A. Hochhaus, J. Lipton, J. Cortes   +10 more
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Autophagy Genes and Otitis Media Outcomes

Clinics and Practice
Otitis media (OM) is a common cause of hearing loss in children that requires corrective surgery. Various studies have investigated the pathomechanisms and treatment of OM.
Yong Jun Kim, Hwa Sung Rim, Jeong Hee Kim, Sung Soo Kim, Joon Hyung Yeo, Seung Geun Yeo   +5 more
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Management of Malignant Pleural Effusion (MPE) in a Tertiary Hospital in a low-income-country: Challenges and Prospects

Ibom Medical Journal, 2020
Background: In the West African sub-region, significant morbidity and mortality are known to affect patients with malignant pleural effusion (MPE) but are highly under reported unlike USA, Europe or South Africa. Aim/Objective: To review cases of MPE in
Nwafor IA, Nnakenyi EF, Eze JC, Nwidenyi IO   +3 more
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THE ROLE OF N-ACETYLCYSTEINE IN THE TREATMENT OF OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION [PDF]

Basrah Journal of Surgery, 2019
Otitis media with effusion (OME) is a chronic accumulation of fluid within the middle ear cleft and sometimes the mastoid air cells system. The disease is more common among children.
Dhiaa Fadhel, Isam Al-Shareda, Haider Al-Attar, Ahmed Alansary   +3 more
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Liquid biopsy using the supernatant of a pleural effusion for EGFR genotyping in pulmonary adenocarcinoma patients: a comparison between cell-free DNA and extracellular vesicle-derived DNA

BMC Cancer, 2018
EGFR genotyping in pulmonary adenocarcinoma patients who develop pleural effusions is mostly performed using cytology or cell block slides with low sensitivity.
Jong Sik Lee, J. Hur, I. Kim, Hee-Joung Kim, Chang-Min Choi, Jae Chol Lee, W. Kim, K. Lee   +7 more
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