Early Onset Chyliform Pleural Effusion-A Rare Case
Journal of Association of Pulmonologist of Tamil Nadu, 2019 Chyliform pleural effusion is turbid or milky from high lipid content without cholesterol crystals. Chyliform pleural effusion is a rare presentation than chylous or pseudochylous pleural effusion. The mean duration of the effusion to turn chyliform is 5
R Sridhar, P Rajeswari, A Mahilmaran
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Clinical and Translational Science, 2022 The exact role of pleural effusion in the prognosis of cancer patients remains unclear. We aimed to systematically review the prognostic value of pleural effusion in patients with cancer.
Yuan Yang +5 more
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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
Bielsa, S +8 more
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Indwelling Pleural Catheters in Hepatic Hydrothorax: A Single-Center Series of Outcomes and Complications [PDF]
, 2018 Background Treatment of hepatic hydrothorax (HH) generally involves sodium restriction, diuretics, and serial thoracentesis. In more advanced cases, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt and liver transplantation may be required.
Bosslet, Gabriel +3 more
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Sarcoidosis of the pleura: A case report [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2014 Introduction. Pleural involvement is an uncommon manifestation of sarcoidosis. It may manifest as pleural effusion, pneumothorax, pleural thickening and nodules, hydropneumothorax, trapped lung, hemothorax, or chylothorax.
Jovanović Dragana +6 more
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Dose de-escalation of intrapleural tissue plasminogen activator therapy for pleural infection. The alteplase dose assessment for Pleural infection Therapy project [PDF]
, 2017 Rationale: Intrapleural therapy with a combination of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) 10 mg and DNase 5 mg administered twice daily has been shown in randomized and open-label studies to successfully manage over 90% of patients with pleural infection ...
Bintcliffe, Oliver +10 more
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Characteristics of pleural effusion in IgG4-related pleuritis
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2020 Here we describe the case of a 78-year-old man with respiratory failure and right pleural effusion. Computed tomography showed right pleural effusion with pleural calcification, tumor-like shadows induced by passive atelectasis, and enlarged mediastinal ...
Zenya Saito +4 more
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A Direct D-Bar Method for Partial Boundary Data Electrical Impedance Tomography With a Priori Information [PDF]
, 2017 Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) is a non-invasive imaging modality that uses surface electrical measurements to determine the internal conductivity of a body.
Alsaker, Melody +2 more
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Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2019 Pleural effusion is a relatively rare feature of IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD). Here, we report a case of a 72-year-old woman who presented with pleural effusion.
Go Makimoto +9 more
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Differential effects of dosing regimen on the safety and efficacy of dasatinib: retrospective exposure-response analysis of a Phase III study. [PDF]
, 2013 PurposeDasatinib is a prototypic short half-life BCR-ABL1 tyrosine kinase inhibitor. The recommended dose of dasatinib for chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase was changed from 70 mg twice daily to 100 mg once daily following a Phase III dose ...
Chen, Tai-Tsang +5 more
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