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Diagnostic value of procalcitonin in pleural effusion

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2020
Background A wide range of diseases can cause pleural effusion. Its diagnosis and management remain a clinical challenge, bearing a significant cost to both patients and health care system.
Abdelsadek H Al-Aarag, Shuzan A Mohammed, Hoda Y Ibrahim, Osama I Mohammad   +3 more
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Dynamic and volumetric variables reliably predict fluid responsiveness in a porcine model with pleural effusion [PDF]

, 2013
Background: The ability of stroke volume variation (SVV), pulse pressure variation (PPV) and global end-diastolic volume (GEDV) for prediction of fluid responsiveness in presence of pleural effusion is unknown.
A Kumar, A Peris, A Rhodes, Berthold Bein, Cordula M. Stover, D De Backer, D De Backer, D Osman, D Talmor, D Talmor, DA Reuter, E Azoulay, EE de Waal, F Michard, F Michard, G Dechman, J Graf, J Mayer, J Renner, J Renner, J Sagrista-Sauleda, Jan Schöttler, Jochen Renner, K Vaska, Katharina Heß, M Balik, M Cannesson, M Cannesson, M Hadian, Markus Steinfath, Matthias Gruenewald, MR Lopes, MR Pinsky, O Broch, O Nishida, Ole Broch, P Pelosi, Patrick Meybohm, PE Marik, R Jacob, R Pearse, RJ Trof, S Heenen, S Magder, S Rex, S Rex, SG Sakka, SH Loring   +47 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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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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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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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, Q. Tan, Guangzhou Ma, Guanghai Yang, R. Du, Hai Huang, Qi Huang, Yumei Li, Mengfei Guo, Yang Jin   +16 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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Can malignant and inflammatory pleural effusions in dogs be distinguished using computed tomography [PDF]

, 2017
Computed tomography (CT) is the primary imaging modality used to investigate human patients with suspected malignant or inflammatory pleural effusion, but there is a lack of information about the clinical use of this test in dogs.
Aquino, Bedford, Benamore, Caivano, Ceribasi, Charney, D'Angelo, Dempsey, Dubielzig, Echandi, Fossum, Gumber, Hirsch, Hung, Kawashima, Lara-Garcia, Metintas, Morrison, Mott, Müller, Nakamura, Prather, Przeździecki, Rebar, Reetz, Sahin, Smith, Swinbourne, Thrall, Traill, Tyler, Vansteenkiste, Vogtli, Waite, Wang, Yamamoto   +35 more
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Malignant Pleural Effusion: Diagnosis and Management

Canadian Respiratory Journal, 2020
Symptomatic malignant pleural effusion is a common clinical problem. This condition is associated with very high mortality, with life expectancy ranging from 3 to 12 months. Studies are contributing evidence on an increasing number of therapeutic options
L. Ferreiro, J. Suárez-Antelo, J. Álvarez-Dobaño, M. Toubes, V. Riveiro, L. Valdés   +5 more
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