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The usefulness of pleural fluid presepsin, C-reactive protein, and procalcitonin in distinguishing different causes of pleural effusions

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2018
Background We aimed to determine the presepsin concentration in pleural fluid from patients with pleural effusions of different aetiologies and to compare its diagnostic value with that of pleural fluid C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin (PCT ...
Naoki Watanabe, Tomoya Ishii, Nobuyuki Kita, Nobuhiro Kanaji, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Nobuki Nanki, Yutaka Ueda, Yasunori Tojo, Norimitsu Kadowaki, Shuji Bandoh   +9 more
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The Approach to the Patient with a Parapneumonic Effusion

Clinics in Chest Medicine, 2006
Parapneumonic effusion is a common clinical problem, and those that go on to develop pleural infection have high morbidity and mortality. The process of pleural infection evolution involves changes in pleural physiology that are increasingly being elucidated and understood. The microbiology of pleural infection has changed over recent years, with clear
Rahman, N, Chapman, S, Davies, R
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A clinical study of pleural effusion and its radiological, biochemical, bacteriological and cytological correlation

Journal of Integrated Health Sciences, 2017
Introduction: Pleural effusion refers to excessive or abnormal accumulation of fluid in the pleural space. It is a commonly encountered medical problem caused by a variety of underlying pathological conditions.
N D Khamar, P R Gohil, R N Thacker, U S Gediya   +3 more
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Pleural space infections after image-guided percutaneous drainage of infected intraabdominal fluid collections: a retrospective single institution analysis [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Percutaneous drainage of infected intraabdominal fluid collections is preferred over surgical drainage due to lower morbidity and costs. However, it can be a challenging procedure and catheter insertion carries the potential to contaminate ...
Diego M Avella, Eric T Kimchi, Jennifer W Toth, Jussuf T Kaifi, Kevin F Staveley-O’Carroll, Michael F Reed, Niraj J Gusani, Rickeshvar P Mahraj   +7 more
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PAI-1 Level Differences in Malignant Plural Effusion, Parapneumonic Pleuritis, and Cardiac Hydrothorax

Medicina, 2019
Background and Objectives: Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) is a fibrinolytic system enzyme whose role in various fibrinolytic processes is currently unknown.
Dace Zentina, Inga Stukena, Alvils Krams, Aivars Lejnieks   +3 more
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Management of parapneumonic effusion and empyema [PDF]

Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2003
To gather data on the clinical presentation of parapneumonic effusion and empyema and to examine the effect of different management strategies on short term outcomes.Retrospective case note review of 48 children admitted to a tertiary unit between January 1998 and March 2001.
T N, Hilliard, A J, Henderson, S C, Langton Hewer   +2 more
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Radiology in paediatric non-traumatic thoracic emergencies [PDF]

, 2011
Non-traumatic thoracic emergencies in children are very frequent, and they usually present with breathing difficulties. Associated symptoms may be feeding or swallowing problems or less specific general symptoms such as fever, sepsis or chest pain.
Charlotte de Lange
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Thoracoscopic operations in children [PDF]

, 2014
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CT Lau, Jessie Leung, Kenneth KY Wong, null null, Theresa WC Hui   +4 more
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Diagnostic utility of soluble triggering receptor expression on myeloid cells-1 in complicated parapneumonic pleural effusion

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2013
Background: The differentiation between complicated parapneumonic effusions (CPPE) or empyema, which require chest tube drainage, and uncomplicated parapneumonic effusions (UCPPE), which respond to antibiotic therapy alone, is sometimes unclear. Delay in
Adel H.A. Ghoneim, R. Eman Shebl, Ashraf E. Elshora, Salah A. Ali   +3 more
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Induction of CCL8/MCP-2 by mycobacteria through the activation of TLR2/PI3K/Akt signaling pathway. [PDF]

, 2012
Pleural tuberculosis (TB), together with lymphatic TB, constitutes more than half of all extrapulmonary cases. Pleural effusions (PEs) in TB are representative of lymphocytic PEs which are dominated by T cells.
Chen, Jianxia, Chen, Ling, Ernst, Joel, Fan, Lin, Ge, Baoxue, He, Xin, Hu, Haili, Kaufmann, Stefan HE, Liu, Haipeng, Liu, Zhonghua, Song, Peng, Weng, Dong, Xiao, Heping, Yang, Hong, Zheng, Ruijuan   +14 more
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