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Indwelling pleural catheters for recurrent pleural effusions: A useful clinical tool with serious implications

Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles, 2018
Background: Indwelling pleural catheters (IPC) have been used increasingly in patients with recurrent pleural effusions. However, data about mortality after IPC use are limited.
Samuel Copeland, Audra Schwalk, Salkowan Suchartlikitwong, Shengping Yang, Gilbert Berdine   +4 more
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The spectral slope curve of benign pleural effusion and malignant pleural effusion.

, 2018
The spectral slope curve of benign pleural effusion and malignant pleural effusion.
Yuxin Lei (5088806), Xirong Zhang (5088809), Yong Yu (170886), Ming Zhang (9736), Zhanli Ren (5088812), Taiping He (474274), Haifeng Duan (1702096), Chunling Ma (313780)   +7 more
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Improving timeliness of lung cancer care through a rapid assessment clinic

Internal Medicine Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Early diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer improve survival. Guidelines from Australia and worldwide stipulate timeframes of care from referral. The Rapid Lung Assessment Clinic (RLAC) was established to fast‐track the diagnostic and treatment pathway, with a subsequent quality improvement initiative based on the initial analysis ...
Shakti V. Dabholkar, Shalini Vinod, Zinta Harrington, Benjamin Kolevski, Beth Ivimey, Joseph Descallar, Jonathan P. Williamson   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diagnostic Accuracy of Cancer in Pleural Effusion: A Combination Serum Tumor Markers and Cytology

Medical Journal of Babylon
Background:Cytological examination of body effusion has an essential role in different tumor staging and research of malignancy. Objectives:It is to study the diagnostic effect of serum tumor markers in differentiation between benign and malignant ...
Ammar Eesa Mahdi, Haider Abdul Ridha Alkafaji   +1 more
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Guideline for Medication Management of Distressing Symptoms in Older Patients Receiving End‐of‐Life Palliative Care

Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Older patients receiving end‐of‐life palliative care often present with multiple geriatric syndromes, frailty, and comorbid symptom burden, resulting in a high risk of medication‐related harm. This guideline focuses on pharmacological management of distressing symptoms in older patients receiving end‐of‐life or hospice‐oriented palliative care,
Daiping Li, Yanwu Yang, Yan Zhang, Jirong Yue, Birong Dong, Meiling Ge, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital of Sichuan University   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical course of epithelial ovarian cancer patients with pleural effusion in Siriraj Hospital

Thai Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2009
Objective To evaluate the clinical course and determine the survival of epithelial ovarian cancer patients with pleural effusion. Study design Retrospective study.
Panupong Punthmatharith, Suwanit Therasakvichya   +1 more
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Evaluation of the Role of D Dimer in the Diagnosis of Different Types of Pleural Effusion [PDF]

Zagazig University Medical Journal
Background: D-dimer level marker of solid phase fibrin dissolution is found to be high in patients with exudative pleural effusion. This study aimed to compare between D dimer concentration pleural effusions in order to investigate the predictor value of
Mostafa Ragab, Saad Samra, Mohammed Alshaybani, Reda Mohamed Elghamry   +3 more
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Perioperative Transfusion Trigger Score Versus Restrictive Transfusion in Older Non‐Cardiac Surgery Patients: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Restrictive transfusion (Hb < 7 g/dL) is recommended for most perioperative patients, but the optimal threshold for those with cardiovascular disease or Hb 7–10 g/dL remains uncertain. The Perioperative Transfusion Trigger Score (POTTS), which integrates adrenaline requirement, FiO2, temperature, and angina history, may standardize ...
Shucong Liang, Lijuan Bai, Guizhen Yang, Zhuo Chen, Yujia Wei, Yanxia Wei, Yuting Lv, Zehan Huang, Yanjuan Huang, Kejian Lu   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Human Herpesvirus 8 Causes a Wide Spectrum of Disease in Liver Transplant Recipients and May be Donor Derived: Case Series and Systematic Review of an Emerging Challenge

Transplant Infectious Disease, EarlyView.
Among 135 cases of post‐liver transplant HHV8 disease (4 from NSW), presentations varied, and mortality was high (44%). Donor screening was rare, and donor‐derived infection was suspected in 33%. Survival improved with mTORi, reduced immunosuppression, chemotherapy, and, for non‐KS disease, donor screening. ABSTRACT Background Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8)
Karen M. J. Waller, Sudarshan Arvind, Simone I. Strasser, Ken Liu, Geoff W. McCaughan, David G. Bowen, Madeleine Gill, Rebecca Davis, William Rawlinson, Sacha Stelzer‐Braid, Geoff Watson, Vinay Vanguru, Tina Marinelli   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in diagnosis of pleural effusion of different origins

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2014
Background: The undiagnosed pleural effusions are an important clinical problem so scientists spent much effort and time in searching for a new parameter to help in the diagnosis of pleural effusions.
M. Fathy, M. Al Ansary, M. Zakaria, H. Abdel-Hafiz, M. Said   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source