Small particle-size talc is associated with poor outcome and increased inflammation in thoracoscopic pleurodesis [PDF]
, 2012 Rationale: Talc is very effective for pleurodesis, but there is concern about complications, especially acute respiratory distress syndrome. Objectives: It was the aim of this study to investigate if talc with a high concentration of small particles ...
Arellano Orden, Elena +5 more
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Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2013 Background: The discrimination of pleural thickening from minimal pleural effusion may be difficult as both lesions appear as anechoic on grayscale ultrasound, hence, free of “echoes” does not confirm the presence of pleural fluid.
Ali A. Hasan +2 more
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Two cases of feline pyothorax : medical versus surgical treatment and associated challenges [PDF]
, 2017 Pyothorax is a rare disease in cats. Underlying causes and treatment recommendations vary greatly between cases. In this case series, the management of two challenging cases of feline pyothorax is discussed.
Bosmans, Tim +7 more
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Massive malignant pleural effusion due to lung adenocarcinoma in 13-year-old boy [PDF]
, 2016 A 13-year-old boy with no risk factors for lung cancer presented with a massive left-sided pleural effusion and a mediastinal shift on chest radiography and computed tomography. A chest tube drained bloody pleural fluid with an exudative pattern.
Afghani, R. +5 more
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Chylous Leak During Posterior Approach to Juvenile Scoliosis Surgery: A Case Report. [PDF]
, 2020 CaseWe report the first documented case of chylous leak recognized intraoperatively during posterior spinal instrumentation and fusion for juvenile scoliosis in a female patient with a history of thoracotomy and decortication for an empyema ...
Choi, Daniel E +5 more
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Use of hyaluronidase in the comparison between manual and automated hematology analysis with the ADVIA 120 to improve analysis of feline body cavity effusions [PDF]
, 2017 Classification of body cavity effusions is an important step in the investigation and diagnosis of disease in cats. Feline inflammatory effusions are often highly proteinaceous and viscous, which can cause clumping of white cells and subsequently ...
Haining, Hayley +4 more
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Eosinophilic pleural effusion due to Staphylococcus epidermidis infection: A case report
Respiratory Medicine Case ReportsEosinophilic pleural effusion is rare, and the cause is often obscure. A 73-year-old man with no relevant medical history presented with exertional dyspnea.
Koki Ito +6 more
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Myelomatous Pleural Effusion [PDF]
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a common hematologic malignancy. Pleural effusion is a rare presenting feature of multiple myeloma which carries a poor prognosis.
شیردل, عباس +3 more
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CheXpert: A Large Chest Radiograph Dataset with Uncertainty Labels and Expert Comparison
, 2019 Large, labeled datasets have driven deep learning methods to achieve expert-level performance on a variety of medical imaging tasks. We present CheXpert, a large dataset that contains 224,316 chest radiographs of 65,240 patients.
Ball, Robyn +19 more
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Clinical and etiological profile of an exudative pleural effusion in a tertiary care center
Indian Journal of Respiratory Care, 2019 Background: Pleural effusion is common clinical entity in day-to-day clinical practice. There are various etiologies for pleural effusion. Among those tubercular pleural effusion, parapneumonic effusion, malignant effusion, and congestive heart failure ...
S Laxma Reddy +5 more
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