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Differentiation of Cardiac from Noncardiac Pleural Effusions in Cats using Second‐Generation Quantitative and Point‐of‐Care NT‐proBNP Measurements [PDF]

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2016
Background Pleural effusion is a common cause of dyspnea in cats. N‐terminal pro‐B‐type natriuretic peptide (NT‐proBNP) measurement, using a first‐generation quantitative ELISA, in plasma and pleural fluid differentiates cardiac from noncardiac causes of
M.J. Hezzell, J.E. Rush, K. Humm, E.A. Rozanski, J. Sargent, D.J. Connolly, A. Boswood, M.A. Oyama   +7 more
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Clinical overview of the physiology and pathophysiology of pleural fluid movement: a narrative review [PDF]

ERJ Open Research
In physiological conditions, the pleural space couples the lung with the chest wall and contains a small amount of fluid in continuous turnover. The volume of pleural fluid is the result from the balance between the entry of fluid through the pleural ...
Lucía Ferreiro, María E. Toubes, Juan Suárez-Antelo, Nuria Rodríguez-Núñez, Luis Valdés   +4 more
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Effects of Light’s criteria on the diagnostic accuracy of pleural fluid carcinoembryonic antigen concentrations for malignant pleural effusion [PDF]

Scientific Reports
The pleural fluid carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) test is a diagnostic tool for malignant pleural effusion (MPE). Light’s criteria are an important method for the differential diagnosis of pleural effusion. This study aimed to analyze the effects of Light’
Dan-Ni Yang, Ya-Nan Xu, Yan Niu, Jian-Xun Wen, Li Yan, Wei Jiao, Wen-Qi Zheng, Ting-Wang Jiang, Zhi-De Hu   +8 more
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Utilizing thoracic ultrasonography in determining the characteristics of pleural fluid: Development of a novel sonographic scoring system [PDF]

Annals of Thoracic Medicine
BACKGROUND: To evaluate the utility of thoracic ultrasound imaging (USI) in assessing the nature of pleural fluid (PF) using a scoring system. METHODS: The files of patients who underwent thoracic USI and thoracentesis due to PF accumulation were ...
Sükran Mutlu, Coşkun Doğan, Salih Küçük   +2 more
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Pleural fluid agitation for improving the microbiologic diagnostic yield in pleural infection: a feasibility study [PDF]

Respiratory Research
Background Pleural infection is a commonly encountered respiratory disease but in > 40% the underlying microbiologic etiology is unknown. This feasibility study aims to investigate whether pleural fluid agitation prior to sample aspiration is safe and ...
Ahmed Sadaka, Reda Said, Heba Ashmawy, Hadir Okasha, Heba Gharraf   +4 more
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MicroRNA expression in pleural fluid as a diagnostic biomarker of malignant pleural effusion: promise, pragmatism, and the path forward. [PDF]

Transl Lung Cancer Res
Porcel JM, Sorolla MA.
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Combined Uric Acid and Cholesterol Pleural Fluid Levels as Biochemical Markers for Differentiation between Transudative and Exudative Pleural Effusions [PDF]

International Journal of Medical Arts, 2022
Background: Pleural effusion results from an abnormal pathophysiological state of the equilibrium between pleural fluid formation and removal. Normally, pleural space contains about 10 ml of fluid on each side.
Mahmoud Ahmed, Mohammad Abo-ghabsha
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The role of pleural fluid lactate dehydrogenase-to-adenosine deaminase ratio in differentiating the etiology of pleural effusions

Chinese Journal of Physiology, 2022
Exudative pleural effusion includes tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE), parapneumonic pleural effusion (PPE), and malignant pleural effusion (MPE). An elevated pleural fluid adenosine deaminase (ADA) typically implies TPE, but the rule may not apply to ...
Chun-Yee Ho, Yu-Hui Tsai, Chih-Chun Chang, Huei-Ling Huang, N-Chi Tan, Wei-Chi Chen, Ka-I Leong   +6 more
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Pleural Fluid Resolution Is Associated with Improved Survival in Patients with Malignant Pleural Effusion

Life, 2023
Malignant pleural effusion is associated with a poor prognosis and, while risk stratification models exist, prior studies have not evaluated pleural fluid resolution and its association with survival.
Christina R. MacRosty, Amber Wright, Agathe Ceppe, Sohini Ghosh, A. Cole Burks, Jason A. Akulian   +5 more
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Role of pleural fluid “Cell Block” in malignant pleural effusion: Underutilized, sensitive, and superior over conventional fluid cytology; Does it will decrease need for thoracoscopy guided procedures?

Journal of Applied Sciences and Clinical Practice, 2022
Background: Malignant pleural effusion missed routinely because of less diagnostic yield of conventional fluid cytology. Materials and Methods: Prospective multicentric study conducted during January 2014 to June 2016 in Venkatesh chest hospital, and ...
Shital Patil, Sham Toshniwal, Ayachit Rujuta   +2 more
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