My patient is short of breath: is there pleural fluid, and will PoCUS help drain it safely? [PDF]
, 2013 Pathological pleural fluid is common in patients presenting to the emergency department, occurring in as many as 17% of patients presenting with shortness of breath, and as many as 20% of patients with blunt thoracic trauma.
Atkinson, Paul +5 more
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Comparison of the diagnostic utility of ADA and CA125 in tuberculous effusion
Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2017 Background: Pleural effusion can be due to various pleural infections like TB as well as neoplasia. CA125 is a tumor marker found on the surface of ovarian and other normal cells as pleural cells.
M.S. El Hoshy +2 more
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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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Perioperative Pleural Drainage in Liver Transplantation: A Retrospective Analysis from a High-Volume Liver Transplant Center [PDF]
, 2020 BACKGROUND Pleural effusions represent a common complication after liver transplantation (LT) and chest drain (CD) placement is frequently necessary. MATERIAL AND METHODS In this retrospective cohort study, adult LT recipients between 2009 and 2016 were ...
Aigner, Felix +13 more
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The modern diagnosis and management of pleural effusions [PDF]
, 2015 A pleural effusion describes an excess of fluid in the pleural cavity, usually resulting from an imbalance in the normal rate of pleural fluid production or absorption, or both.
Bhatnagar, Rahul, Maskell, Nick A
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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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Internal medicine journal (Print), 2018 Timely diagnosis of malignant pleural effusions is critical to guide prognosis and management decisions. Cytological analysis of pleural fluid has been the first‐line diagnostic test for many decades, with highly variable reported sensitivities of 40–90%.
P. Loveland +4 more
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Is Adenosine Deaminase in Pleural Fluid a Useful Marker for Differentiating Tuberculosis from Lung Cancer or Mesothelioma in Japan, a Country with Intermediate Incidence of Tuberculosis? [PDF]
, 2011 The objective of this study was to evaluate the utility of the determination of adenosine deaminase (ADA) level in pleural fluid for the differential diagnosis between tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) and malignant pleural effusion (MPE) in Japan, a ...
Aoe, Keisuke +9 more
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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2018 The challenges associated with diagnosing tuberculous pleural effusion have led to the use of pleural fluid adenosine deaminase (pfADA) as a biomarker for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.
Matthew R Blakiston +4 more
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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 +4 more
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