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Sweet hydrothorax: a common presentation of a rare condition

open access: yesAvicenna 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
doaj   +1 more source

Acute hydrothorax complicating peritoneal dialysis: a case report

open access: yesJournal 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
doaj   +1 more source

Pigtail Catheter: A Less Invasive Option for Pleural Drainage in Egyptian Patients with Recurrent Hepatic Hydrothorax

open access: yesGastroenterology 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
doaj   +1 more source

Miscellanea. Folyóirat-referátumok. Könyvismertetés. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Diabetológia 2-es típusú diabeteses betegek glykaemiás kontrolljának és cardiovascularis eredményeinek utánkövetése (Follow-up of glycemic control and cardiovascular outcomes in type 2 diabetes) Hayward, R. A., Reaven, P. D., Wiitala, W. L.
Apor, Péter   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Massive "sweet" hydrothorax [PDF]

open access: yesCanadian Medical Association Journal, 2010
See also practice article by McGrath and Barber, page [1879][1] A 59-year-old woman with end-stage renal disease presented to the emergency department with shortness of breath about one month after starting continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
Po-Jen, Yang, Tsan-Hsing, Liu
openaire   +2 more sources

Worsening respiratory failure in an adult hydrocephalic patient with a ventriculo‐pleural shunt

open access: yesRespirology 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
doaj   +1 more source

Hydrothorax with alveolar-pleural fistula mimicking re-expansion pulmonary edema during liver transplantation: a case report [PDF]

open access: yesKorean 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
doaj   +1 more source

Diagnostic Values of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor for Benign and Malignant Hydrothorax

open access: yesChinese 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
doaj   +1 more source

Unilateral massive hydrothorax in a gynecologic patient with pseudo-Meigs' syndrome -A case report- [PDF]

open access: yesKorean 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
doaj   +1 more source

Differential diagnosis of ascites in internal medicine: clinical case [PDF]

open access: yesТерапевтический архив, 2018
Ascites and hydrothorax may be the symptoms of congestive heart failure and do not always reflects presense of the decompensated liver cirrhosis.
I N Tikhonov   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

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