Chemical pleurodesis by small bore catheter in hepatic hydrothorax: A feasibility study
Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2016 Background: Hepatic hydrothorax treatment remains problematic, and chemical pleurodesis can be considered. Objectives: The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety of chemical pleurodesis by small bore catheter to tube drainage in hepatic ...
Asem A. Hewidy +2 more
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Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2020 Introduction:Clostridium difficile infection (cdi) often occurs with long-term and irregular use of antibiotics. Patients with tumors receiving both antibiotics and chemotherapy are at a high risk of cdi. The symptoms of cdi vary but can include diarrhea,
Yujian Liang +6 more
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Diagnosis and Management of Hepatic Hydrothorax
The Korean Journal of GastroenterologyHepatic hydrothorax is a pleural effusion (typically ≥500 mL) that develops in patients with cirrhosis and/or portal hypertension in the absence of other causes. In most cases, hepatic hydrothorax is seen in patients with ascites. However, ascites is not
Amie Vidyani +9 more
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TIPS and HCC: friends or foes ? [PDF]
, 2016 Portal hypertension and hepatocellular carcinoma [HCC] are major complications of liver cirrhosis and may coexist in the same patient. Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt [TIPS] is an effective treatment for recurrent variceal bleeding
DE SANTIS, Adriano
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An Unusual Case of Resistant Hepatic Hydrothorax Treated with Octreotide Infusion
McGill Journal of Medicine, 2020 Hepatic hydrothorax is an uncommon clinical problem observed in patients with end stage liver disease and portal hypertension. The pathogenesis of pleural effusion in this condition is thought to involve the movement of ascitic fuid across diaphragmatic ...
Mehrdad Ghahremani-Ghajar, +3 more
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Endoscopic ultrasound-guided evaluation of the pleura and cases of pleural effusion
Lung India, 2017 The most efficient and cost-effective approach for the diagnosis of pleural exudates remains uncertain and is a subject of controversy. Essential factors to be considered include the respective diagnostic yields of thoracocentesis, closed pleural biopsy,
Malay Sharma +1 more
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Migration of Indwelling Central Venous Catheter and Fatal Hydrothorax
European Journal of Pediatric Surgery Reports, 2013 Central venous catheter complications can be related to insertion, indwelling, or extraction. Most of the times, immediate complications are anticipated and managed; whereas, delayed complications can go unnoticed.
Shagufta Jabeen +4 more
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Effects of four Fusarium toxins (fumonisin B(1), alpha-zearalenol, nivalenol and deoxynivalenol) on porcine whole-blood cellular proliferation. [PDF]
, 2008 The in vitro effects of four Fusarium toxins, fumonisin B1 (FB1), a-zearalenol (a-ZEA), nivalenol (NIV) and deoxynivalenol (DON), on mitogen-induced cell proliferation were determined in swine whole-blood cultures.
DE LUNA, ROCCO +3 more
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Symptomatology, Prognosis and Treatment of of Primary Biliary Cirrhosis [PDF]
, 2005 Primaire biliaire cirrose (PBC) en primaire scleroserende cholangitis (PSC) zijn chronische, meestal langzaam progressieve cholestatische leverziekten, die uiteindelijk kunnen leiden tot levercirrose en leverfalen.
Borg, P.C.J. (Pieter) ter
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Characteristics of liver transplant candidates delisted following recompensation and predictors of such delisting in alcohol-related liver disease: a case-control study [PDF]
, 2017 Whether and when recovery beyond the need for transplant may occur in patients listed for decompensation remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the characteristics of patients delisted following recompensation.
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