Nepalese Medical Journal, 2020 Introduction: Light's criteria had been the standard method for distinguishing exudative and transudative pleural effusions which misidentify 15-20% of transudates as exudates.
Anupam Bista +3 more
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Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2020 Background: Pleural effusions often cause a diagnostic dilemma. The first step in the evaluation of pleural effusions is the distinction between exudates and transudates.
Raghumoy Ghosh +4 more
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Computed Tomography in Differential Diagnosis of Exudative and Transudative Pleural Effusions
Siriraj Medical Journal, 2017 Objective: To differentiate between exudative and transudative pleural effusions by using CT attenuation values and CT appearances. Methods: The retrospective study reviewed 132 patients who were diagnosed of pleural effusions in 2007-2014. All patients
Phakphoom Thiravit +2 more
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Can malignant and inflammatory pleural effusions in dogs be distinguished using computed tomography [PDF]
, 2017 Computed tomography (CT) is the primary imaging modality used to investigate human patients with suspected malignant or inflammatory pleural effusion, but there is a lack of information about the clinical use of this test in dogs.
Aquino +35 more
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Indwelling pleural catheters for non-malignant pleural effusions: report on a single centre's 10 years of experience [PDF]
, 2020 BACKGROUND: Recurrent pleural effusion is a common cause of dyspnoea, cough and chest pain during the course of infectious pleurisy and non-malignant diseases like congestive heart failure (CHF) or liver cirrhosis with hepatic hydrothorax (HH). With
Brünger, Martin +6 more
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Percutaneous Ultrasound-guided Pigtail Catheter for Pleural Effusions: Efficacy and Safety
Oman Medical Journal, 2021 Objectives: Small-bore pigtail catheters are now being used more frequently for draining pleural effusions. This study aimed to measure the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of these devices in different clinical conditions.
B. Jayakrishnan +6 more
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Proteína C-reativa não é um marcador útil de infecção em unidade de terapia intensiva cirúrgica [PDF]
, 2009 CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: C-reactive protein (CRP) is commonly used as a marker for inflammatory states and for early identification of infection. This study aimed to investigate CRP as a marker for infection in patients with postoperative septic shock ...
BENSEÑOR, Fábio Ely Martins +2 more
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Whole-thorax irradiation induces hypoxic respiratory failure, pleural effusions and cardiac remodeling [PDF]
, 2014 To study the mechanisms of death following a single lethal dose of thoracic radiation, WAG/RijCmcr (Wistar) rats were treated with 15 Gy to the whole thorax and followed until they were morbid or sacrificed for invasive assays at 6 weeks.
Down, Julian D. +12 more
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Development of a clinical prediction rule for the diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis in Peru [PDF]
, 2018 Objectives: To develop a clinical prediction rule (CPR) for the diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis (PT) in patients with pleural exudates in Peru. Methods: Clinical and laboratory information was collected from patients with exudative pleural effusion ...
Solari, Lely +2 more
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Does the evaluation of coagulation factors contribute to etiological diagnosis of pleural effusions?
Clinics, 2009 OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to identify the participation of the coagulation system in the differential diagnosis of pleural effusions. INTRODUCTION: Imbalance between immunologic and metabolic factors triggers a sequence of events resulting in ...
Marcelo Alexandre Costa Vaz +5 more
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