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The Role of Pleural Fluid Procalcitonin in the Differential Diagnosis of Parapneumonic Pleural Effusions and its Relation with Pleural Fluid Ultrasound

Southern Clinics of Istanbul Eurasia, 2020
INTRODUCTION[|]Procalcitonin (PCT) is a highly specific marker for the detection of infectious diseases. In recent years, studies on this marker have been conducted in patients with pleural fluid.
Bülent Akkurt, Nesrin Gürbüz Kıral, Ali Fidan, Hacer Koç, Banu Musaffa Salepci, Sevda Şener Cömert   +5 more
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Nature‐Inspired Nanostructures from Multiple‐Species Biomembranes: Rational Engineering and Therapeutic Applications in Tumor‐Targeted Nanomedicine

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Naturally derived biomembrane nanostructures by mimicking evolutionarily optimized biological architectures could effectively suppress tumor growth and have emerged as a compelling strategy in translational biomedicine. This review provides a systematic overview of rational design and underlying antitumor therapeutic mechanisms of mammalian cells ...
Xiaodan Wei, Chi Wang, Xiangyan Chen, Yuanyuan Zhu, Mei Yang, Ningxi Li, Honglin Huang, Guangjian Zhang, Mingzhen Zhang, Yiyao Liu, Rui Gao   +10 more
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Diagnostic value of pleural fluid lactate dehydrogenase/adenosine deaminase ratio in differentiating parapneumonic effusion from tuberculous pleurisy

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2021
Objective The purpose of this study was to determine the diagnostic value of pleural fluid lactate dehydrogenase (LDH)/pleural fluid adenosine deaminase (ADA) ratio in differentiating pleural effusions owing to tuberculous pleurisy (TBP) and ...
Ceyda Anar, Melike Yüksel Yavuz, İbrahim Onur Alıcı, Filiz Güldaval, Melih Büyüksirin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pleural Fluid Characteristics of Chylothorax [PDF]

Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2009
To determine the biochemical parameters of chylous pleural fluids and better inform current clinical practice in the diagnosis of chylothorax.We retrospectively reviewed 74 patients with chylothorax (defined by the presence of chylomicrons) who underwent evaluation during a 10-year period from January 1, 1997, through December 31, 2006. The biochemical
Finn Hawkins, Fabien Maldonado, Craig E. Daniels, Jay H. Ryu, Clinton H. Doerr, Paul A. Decker   +5 more
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Advances in imaging chest tuberculosis: blurring of differences between children and adults [PDF]

, 2009
This article reviews the ongoing role of imaging in the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) and its complications. A modern imaging classification of TB, taking into account both adults and children and the blurring of differences in the presentation patterns,
Ahmad, Al-Nasser, Andronikou, Andronikou, Andronikou, Andronikou, Andronikou, Bosch-Marcet, Bosch-Marcet, Buckingham, Burrill, Casas, Conces, De Backer, De Backer, De Villiers, den Boon, du Plessis, Erlank, Erlank, Fraser, Glicklich, Goodman, Goussard, Griffith-Richards, Grobbelaar, Gulati, Hamilton, Haramati, Hartman, Hopewell, Im, Jeong, Kim, Kim, Lee, Lee, Leung, Lighter, Marais, Maydell, Moon, Morris, Nakanishi, Neufang, Perlman, Raviglione, Reid, Rodriguez, Santelli, Scheepers, Stead, Swingler, Theron, Van Dyck, Van Rie, Vanhoenacker, Verver, Verver, Wall, Westcott, Woodring, Yilmaz, Zellweger   +63 more
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A Solution for Exosome‐Based Analysis: Surface‐Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and Artificial Intelligence

Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
Exosomes are emerging as powerful biomarkers for disease diagnosis and monitoring. This review highlights the integration of surface‐enhanced Raman spectroscopy with artificial intelligence to enhance molecular fingerprinting of exosomes. Machine learning and deep learning techniques improve spectral interpretation, enabling accurate classification of ...
Munevver Akdeniz, Zakarya Al‐Shaebi, Omer Aydin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Proactive Agent Collaborative Framework for Zero‐Shot Multimodal Medical Reasoning

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This work proposes a multimodal medical collaborative reasoning framework, which imitates clinician's working patterns of comparative analysis. The framework includes a cohort of domain‐expert models, and an large language model learner agent to generate inquiries and interact with these experts to gather the essential information, and integrate the ...
Zishan Gu, Fenglin Liu, Jiayuan Chen, Changchang Yin, Ping Zhang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pleural Fluid Cholesterol in Differentiating Exudative and Transudative Pleural Effusion

Pulmonary Medicine, 2013
Objectives. To study the diagnostic value of pleural fluid cholesterol in differentiating transudative and exudative pleural effusion. To compare pleural fluid cholesterol level for exudates with Light’s criteria. Design.
A. B. Hamal, K. N. Yogi, N. Bam, S. K. Das, R. Karn   +4 more
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Changing pleural fluid triglyceride levels in cirrhotic chylothorax

Respirology Case Reports, 2022
Chylothorax is an uncommon disease entity, but it occasionally poses a diagnostic challenge to physicians. Pleural fluid triglyceride level has been advocated as a screening test to diagnose chylothorax. However, its level can be depressed if there is an
Ka Pang Chan, Wing Ho Yip, Tina Yee Ching Chan, Chun‐Yiu Law   +3 more
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Assessment of pulmonary edema: principles and practice [PDF]

, 2018
Pulmonary edema increasingly is recognized as a perioperative complication affecting outcome. Several risk factors have been identified, including those of cardiogenic origin, such as heart failure or excessive fluid administration, and those related to ...
Assaad, Sherif, Friedman, Malcolm B., Kratzert, Wolf B., Perrino, Albert, Shelley, Benjamin   +4 more
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