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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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Laboratory and Radiological Imaging in Evaluating Cases with Pleural Effusion [PDF]

Minia Journal of Medical Research, 2020
Background: pleural effusion disease became widely distributed nowadays with multiple pathogenic mechanisms. Aim of the work: to assess the efficacy of radiological and laboratory investigations in pleural effusion. Methods: Seventy patients with pleural
Mostafa Elshazly, Ahmed Mady, Bahaa Mohamed, Hala Mohammad   +3 more
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Splenic Haematoma as A Rare Cause of Pleural Effusion: A Case Report [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2021
Pleural effusion has various aetiologies, mostly located either in the lung parenchyma or in the pleura. Subphrenic causes, leading to exudative pleural effusion are uncommon.
Kashish Dutta, Anuj Kumar, Surabhi Jaggi, Mandeep Kaur Sodhi, Deepak Aggarwal   +4 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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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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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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Health‐related quality of life following total minimally invasive, hybrid minimally invasive or open oesophagectomy: a population‐based cohort study

BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
All patients operated for oesophageal cancer in Sweden from 2013 to April 2018 were identified, and 246 patients were recruited to this population‐based nationwide Swedish study. The results show that longitudinal health‐related quality of life after minimally invasive oesophagectomy was similar to that of the open surgical approach.
F. Klevebro, J. H. Kauppila, S. Markar, A. Johar, P. Lagergren   +4 more
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Spectrum and outcome in patients with unilateral pleural effusion admitted in a tertiary care hospital

Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research, 2022
Background: Unilateral pleural effusion is a challenge for a physician as the differential diagnosis is varied; sparse epidemiological data are available from India on this subject.
Neeraj Saini, Saumya Ahluwalia, Srishti Ahluwalia, Pavneet Kaur Selhi, Akashdeep Singh   +4 more
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Adenosine deaminase-based measurement in the differential diagnosis of pleural effusion: a multicenter retrospective study

Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease, 2023
Introduction: The differential diagnosis of pleural effusion is difficult, and studies have reported on the potential role of adenosine deaminase (ADA) in the differential diagnosis of undiagnosed pleural effusion.
Lijuan Gao, Wujun Wang, Ying Zhang, Xueru Hu, Jing An, Yang Li, Mei Chen, Yongchun Shen   +7 more
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Superoxide dismutase 2 as a marker to differentiate tuberculous pleural effusions from malignant pleural effusions

Clinics, 2014
OBJECTIVES: Our previous study demonstrated that superoxide dismutase levels were higher in tuberculous pleural effusions than in malignant pleural effusions, but that this difference ...
Maoshui Wang, Zhiqiang Zhang, Xinfeng Wang   +2 more
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