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Lung ultrasound has greater accuracy than conventional respiratory assessment tools for the diagnosis of pleural effusion, lung consolidation and collapse: a systematic review.

Journal of Physiotherapy, 2020
QUESTION In mechanically ventilated adults in intensive care, what is the accuracy of lung ultrasound (LUS) for the diagnosis of pleural effusion, lung consolidation and lung collapse when compared with chest radiograph (CXR) and lung auscultation, with ...
Louise Hansell, Maree A Milross, A. Delaney, D. Tian, G. Ntoumenopoulos   +4 more
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A refractory pleural effusion caused by a pleural capillary hemangioma

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2021
A 69-year-old man presented with a left pleural effusion. Even after repeated drainage, the pleural effusion had been increasing for more than two years.
Kazumasa Akagi, Toyoshi Matsutake, Kiyoyasu Fukushima, Hiroshi Mukae, Hirokazu Kurohama, Hirofumi Matsumoto   +5 more
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Role of CRP as a marker for discrimination of exudative and transudative pleural effusion

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2022
Differentiation between exudative and transudative pleural effusion is sometime problematic. This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic value of C-reactive protein (CRP) in differentiation of exudative and transudative pleural effusion.
Omid Rismantab, Seyed Aili Javad Moosavi, Mohammad Reza Farahnak, Maryam Dastoorpoor, Hanieh Raji   +4 more
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The Pleural Effusion And Symptom Evaluation (PLEASE) study of breathlessness in patients with a symptomatic pleural effusion

European Respiratory Journal, 2020
Introduction Pathophysiology changes associated with pleural effusion, its drainage and factors governing symptom response are poorly understood. Our objective was to determine: 1) the effect of pleural effusion (and its drainage) on cardiorespiratory ...
S. Muruganandan, M. Azzopardi, Rajesh Thomas, D. Fitzgerald, Y. Kuok, H. M. Cheah, C. Read, C. Budgeon, P. Eastwood, S. Jenkins, Bhajan Singh, K. Murray, Y. Lee   +12 more
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Interleukin‐5‐producing malignant pleural mesothelioma with eosinophilic pleural effusion

Thoracic Cancer, 2020
Malignant tumors are often associated with eosinophilic pleural effusion. Here, we encountered a case of interleukin‐5 (IL‐5)‐producing malignant pleural mesothelioma with eosinophilic pleural effusion. The patient was a 50‐year‐old male.
Eiji Takeuchi, Naoki Takahashi, Shun Morizumi, Hiroyuki Tamiya, Hisashi Matsuoka, Naoto Kuroda, Kenji Yorita   +6 more
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Large Right Pleural Effusion

Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine, 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.
Robert Rowe, Alisa Wray
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Metabolic characteristics of large and small extracellular vesicles from pleural effusion reveal biomarker candidates for the diagnosis of tuberculosis and malignancy

Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, 2020
Pleural effusion is a common respiratory disease worldwide; however, rapid and accurate diagnoses of tuberculosis pleural effusion (TPE) and malignancy pleural effusion (MPE) remain challenging.
Ping Luo, Kaimin Mao, Juanjuan Xu, Feng Wu, Xuan Wang, Sufei Wang, Mei Zhou, L. Duan, Qi Tan, Guangzhou Ma, Guanghai Yang, R. Du, Hai Huang, Qi Huang, Yumei Li, Mengfei Guo, Yang Jin   +16 more
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Diagnostic value of procalcitonin and C-reactive protein in differentiation between some benign and malignant pleural

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2014
Pleural effusion is relatively common clinical condition that requires differential diagnosis. It is defined as collection of fluid in pleural space. Pleural effusion is often diagnostic dilemma for the physician.
Wafaa S. El-Shimy, Ghada A. Attia, Sahar M. Hazzaa, Yousef M. Mansour, Walaa M. Abd El-Halim   +4 more
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Clinical Significance of Pleural Effusion in Mycoplasma pneumoniae Pneumonia in Children

Pathogens, 2021
The clinical significance of pleural effusion in Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) pneumonia in children has not yet been elucidated. Herein, we investigated the clinical implications of pleural effusion in children with MP pneumonia. Overall, 150 children with
Seo-Hee Kim, Eun Lee, Eun-Song Song, Yun-Young Lee   +3 more
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Pleural Effusion in Adults-Etiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment.

Deutsches Ärzteblatt International, 2019
BACKGROUND Pleural effusion is common in routine medical practice and can be due to many different underlying diseases. Precise differential diagnostic categorization is essential, as the treatment and prognosis of pleural effusion largely depend on its ...
B. Jany, T. Welte
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