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Uniportal VATS Pleural Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion: Awake or Intubated?

, 2020
Background The aim of this study is to compare the diagnostic efficacy and safety of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) with awake VATS (AVATS) pleural biopsy in undiagnosed exudative pleural effusions.
Burak Bahadir, Mertol Gokce, Ozcan Piskin, Bulent Altinsoy   +3 more
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Value of D-dimer and alkaline phosphatase in the diagnosis of pleural effusion

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2014
Introduction: Pleural effusion is a common clinical presentation in several diseases. Various parameters from pleural fluid have been studied to identify the cause of effusion.
Mahmoud M. El-Habashy, Ibrahim I. Elmahalawy, Ahmed Sonbol   +2 more
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Exudative pleural effusion: effectiveness of pleural fluid analysis and pleural biopsy

, 2007
765-773The study compared pleural fluid analysis and pleural biopsy in the diagnosis of 100 patients with exudative pleural effusion [PE] in Babol, Islamic Republic of Iran.
Eissazadeh, M., Heidari, B., Heidari, P., Bijani, K.   +3 more
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Diagnostic Yield of Medical Thoracoscopy in Undiagnosed Exudative Pleural Effusion [PDF]

Background: The diagnosis of few pleural effusions remains undiagnosed inspite of all the biochemical and microbiological tests performed. Medical thoracoscopy has the advantage of direct visualization of pleural and real time biopsy can be taken.
Samskruti Vishwanath
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Comparison of same day diagnostic tools including Gene Xpert and unstimulated IFN-γ for the evaluation of pleural tuberculosis: a prospective cohort study [PDF]

, 2014
Background: The accuracy of currently available same-day diagnostic tools (smear microscopy and conventional nucleic acid amplification tests) for pleural tuberculosis (TB) is sub-optimal. Newer technologies may offer improved detection.
Jonny Peter, Greg Symons, Meldau, Richard, Symons, Greg, Calligaro, Greg, van Zyl-Smit, Richard, Gina Ntombenhle, Peter, Jonny, Hoosain Khalfey, Keertan Dheda, Grant Theron, Greg Calligaro, Brian Allwood, Anke Binder, Allwood, Brian, Govender, Ureshnie, Ntombenhle, Gina, Ureshnie Govender, Dheda, Keertan, Theron, Grant, Khalfey, Hoosain, Richard Meldau, Richard van Zyl-Smit, Binder, Anke   +23 more
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Chronic Pancreatitis with Unilateral Pleural Effusion: An Atypical Presentation [PDF]

Pancreaticopleural fistula is a rare complication of acute or chronic pancreatitis. The most prevalent reasons for chest discomfort in this patient were pleural effusion, mediastinal or pleural pseudocyst.
Illani Binti Riza, Lo Zhen Zhen, Yap Yoon Chin   +2 more
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Role of Serum and Pleural Fluid Albumin Gradient in Differentiating Exudative and Transudative Pleural Effusion

RUHS Journal of Health Sciences
Introduction: Pleural effusion is the most common form of pleural disease and Lights criteria is considered to differentiate between transudative and exudative pleural effusions.
Kanhaiya Lal Meena, Chand Bhandari, Ambika Sharma, Manoj Saini
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Isolated cryptococcal pleural effusion in a heart transplant recipient: A case report and literature review of pleural fluid adenosine deaminase levels

Respirology Case Reports
Isolated cryptococcal pleural effusion is rare as the initial clinical presentation in opportunistic cryptococcal infection. We describe a 59‐year‐old male heart transplantation recipient who presented with a mononuclear‐leukocyte‐predominant exudative ...
Jaehee Lee, Bo Eun Park, Se Yong Jang, Chang Ho Kim   +3 more
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Status of Exudative Pleural Effusion in Adults of South Khorasan Province, Northeast Iran: Pleural Tuberculosis Tending toward Elderly

Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2016
The causes and situation of exudative pleural effusion vary from one area to another. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 327 patients with exudative pleural effusion in South Khorasan province (Iran).
Sayyed Gholam Reza Mortazavi-Moghaddam, Gholam Reza Sharifzadeh, Mohammad Reza Rezvani   +2 more
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Comparison between ultrasound-guided Abrams needle and medical thoracoscopic pleural biopsies in exudative pleural effusion

, 2018
Background The actual diagnosis of pleural disease (especially for malignancy) depends on the histopathological finding obtained through pleural biopsy or positive pleural fluid cytology result. Pleural tissue biopsies can be obtained by several methods:
Osama F Mansour, Mahmoud M El-Habashy, Samy S El-Dahdouh, Waleed A Mousa, Amal A El-Koa, Amal A Abd-Aziz   +5 more
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