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Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2013 Background: Spontaneous bacterial pleuritis is a high mortality complication in cirrhotic patients with hydrothorax. Aim: To investigate the prevalence and risk factors for spontaneous bacterial pleuritis in cirrhotic patients with hydrothorax.
Ahmed E. Mansour +2 more
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Supracostal Punctures for PCNL: Factors that Predict Safety, Success and Stone Free Rate in Stag Horn and Non-Stag Horn Stones: A Single Centre Experience and Review of Literature [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016 Introduction: Supra-costal Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL) procedure has now become an established standard of care in patients with renal stone disease, in terms of morbidity, stone clearance, duration of stay and shorter convalescence period ...
Hariharasudhan Sekar +3 more
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Central Venous Catheter-Related Hydrothorax [PDF]
Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2015 This report describes a case of 88-year-old women who developed central venous catheter-related bilateral hydrothorax, in which left pleural effusion, while right pleural effusion was being drained.
Se Hun Kim, Charles Her
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Sweet hydrothorax: a common presentation of a rare condition
Avicenna Journal of Medicine, 2019 Sweet hydrothorax is a known, yet rare, complication of peritoneal dialysis. It can be life-threatening. This case is about a 70-year-old lady who presented with acute respiratory failure due to massive right-sided hydrothorax that developed insidiously ...
Mohamad Alhoda Mohamad Alahmad +1 more
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Acute hydrothorax complicating peritoneal dialysis: a case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2010 Introduction Acute hydrothorax is an uncommon but a well-recognized complication of peritoneal dialysis. No single test is definitive for diagnosis. Although it is not a life-threatening condition, hydrothorax often requires abandonment of peritoneal ...
Ranganathan Dwarkanathan +2 more
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Gastroenterology Research and Practice, 2016 Background and Aims. Treatment of hepatic hydrothorax is a clinical challenge. Chest tube insertion for hepatic hydrothorax is associated with high complication rates.
Mohamed Sharaf-Eldin +8 more
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Chinese Medical Journal, 2015 Background: Hydrothorax, as one of the common complications of malignant tumors, still cannot be sensitively detected in clinical practice, thus requiring a sensitive, specific method for diagnosis.
Yan Gu +10 more
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Worsening respiratory failure in an adult hydrocephalic patient with a ventriculo‐pleural shunt
Respirology Case Reports, 2020 Ventriculo‐pleural (VPL) shunt insertion is performed in hydrocephalic patients when alternative sites of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) diversion are contraindicated.
Edmond Wong +5 more
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Hydrothorax with alveolar-pleural fistula mimicking re-expansion pulmonary edema during liver transplantation: a case report [PDF]
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2015 We present a case of an alveolar-pleural fistula with hepatic hydrothorax in a patient undergoing orthotropic liver transplantation, which was detected by drainage of transudate through an endotracheal tube during operation.
Jae Hee Woo +3 more
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Unilateral massive hydrothorax in a gynecologic patient with pseudo-Meigs' syndrome -A case report- [PDF]
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2010 Pseudo-Meigs' syndrome is characterized by the presence of a benign ovarian tumor associated with ascites and a right-sided hydrothorax. The major problem associated with pseudo-Meigs' syndrome is the respiratory distress caused by a giant mass in the ...
Tae Soo Hahm, Ji Sun Ham, Ji Yeong Kang
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