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Bacterial Infection Elicits Heat Shock Protein 72 Release from Pleural Mesothelial Cells [PDF]

, 2013
Heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) has been implicated in infection-related processes and has been found in body fluids during infection. This study aimed to determine whether pleural mesothelial cells release HSP70 in response to bacterial infection in vitro
Porcel, JM, Bielsa, S, Brown, JS, della Vergiliana, JFV, Temple, SEL, Waterer, GW, Lee, YCG, Lansley, SM, Creaney, J   +8 more
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Benign asbestos pleural diseases.

, 2003
The global incidence of asbestos-related lung diseases is expected to continue to rise. Although much attention is devoted to malignant diseases induced by asbestos, benign asbestos pleural diseases (pleural plaques, benign asbestos-related pleural ...
Chapman, SJ, Cookson, WO, Musk, AW, Lee, YC   +3 more
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A Low Psoas Muscle Index Was Associated With a Poorer Overall Survival in Patients Who Underwent Percutaneous Nephrostomy

Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.
In patients with malignant ureteral obstruction undergoing percutaneous nephrostomy, sarcopenia defined by a low psoas muscle index was independently associated with poor overall survival on multivariate Cox regression analysis, suggesting that preoperative assessment of psoas muscle index may aid prognostic stratification in this population.
Kota Shimokihara, Takashi Kawahara, Kazuhide Makiyama, Hiroji Uemura   +3 more
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Shape-Sensing Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopic Microwave Ablation for Primary and Metastatic Pulmonary Nodules: Retrospective Case Series

Diagnostics
Background: Bronchoscopic thermal ablation has emerged as a minimally invasive therapeutic option for managing pulmonary nodules in patients unsuitable for surgery or radiotherapy. Robotic-assisted bronchoscopy (RAB) offers enhanced stability and precise
Liqin Xu, Russell Miller, Mitchell Zhao, Grace Lin, Wenduo Gu, Niral Patel, Keriann Van Nostrand, Jorge A. Munoz Pineda, Bryce Duchman, Brian Tran, George Cheng   +10 more
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Pleural cryobiopsy during local anaesthetic thoracoscopy in dry pleural dissemination

Respirology Case Reports, 2020
A minimally invasive thoracic intervention, such as local anaesthetic thoracoscopy, can be used to collect the samples in malignant pleural lesions.
Ayn Marie Lao, Yuji Matsumoto, Midori Tanaka, Takafumi Matsunaga, Shinji Sasada, Takaaki Tsuchida   +5 more
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Added value of diffusion-weighted MRI in assessment of pleural lesions

The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2021
Background There are many causes of pleural disease including variable benign and malignant etiologies. DWI is a non-enhanced functional MRI technique that allows qualitative and quantitative characterization of tissues based on their water molecules ...
Youssriah Yahia Sabri, Ikram Hamed Mahmoud, Lamis Tarek El-Gendy, Mohamed Raafat Abd El-Mageed, Sally Fouad Tadros   +4 more
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Derrame pleural: análise laboratorial e histopatológica de 58 casos num hospital geral. [PDF]

, 1983
Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Curso de Medicina, Florianópolis ...
Cunha, Andréa Luiza
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Ultrasound guided closed pleural biopsy versus medical thoracoscopic pleural biopsy in diagnosis of pleural diseases [PDF]

, 2016
BackgroundThe diagnostic approach to pleural disease remains an underappreciated aspect of modern thoracic medicine, despite the fact that pleural disease affects approximately 300 subjects per 100,000 population per year worldwide.
Kamel, K., S. Ahmed, K. Kamel, Hareedy, A., Sobhy, K., Ahmed, S., Yamamah, H., A. Hareedy, H. Yamamah, K. Sobhy   +9 more
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Development of a Disease Activity Index for the Assessment of VEXAS Syndrome (VEXAS‐DAI)

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X‐linked, autoinflammatory, somatic syndrome (VEXAS) syndrome is characterized by a complex spectrum of inflammatory and hematologic manifestations. Clinical research to identify effective therapies is urgently needed but is hindered by the lack of validated outcome measures.
Kevin Byram, Heřman Mann, Danielle Hammond, Onima Chowdhury, Sinisa Savic, Yohei Kirino, Carmelo Gurnari, Maël Heiblig, Thibault Comont, Arsène Mekinian, Mrinal M. Patnaik, Lachelle D. Weeks, Gary Ho, Adam Al‐Hakim, Scott Goldberg, Marcela A. Ferrada, Sophie Georgin‐Lavialle, Peter C. Grayson, Emma M. Groarke, Bhavisha Patel, Megan Sullivan, Sarah A. Buckley, Bryan G. Harder, Raman Garcha, David B. Beck, Matthew J. Koster   +25 more
wiley   +1 more source

Large Right Pleural Effusion [PDF]

, 2016
History of present illness: An 83-year-old male with a distant history of tuberculosis status post treatment and resection approximately fifty years prior presented with two days of worsening shortness of breath.
Rowe, Robert, Wray, Alisa, Alisa Wray, Robert Rowe   +3 more
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