Drainage of transudative pleural effusion: how does it affect weaning from mechanical ventilation?
Background Pleural collections of the transudative type occur frequently in patients who need mechanical ventilation (MV). Treatment of the etiology of the effusion takes a prolonged duration of time.
Heba Said Gharraf, Alaa El Din AbdAllah
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ObjectivesTo describe the diagnostic techniques, surgical treatments, and outcomes of two cats with recurrent pleural transudate caused by urinary ultrafiltrate.AnimalsTwo cats without evidence of trauma, urinary tract obstruction, or concurrent ...
Maureen A. Griffin +5 more
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The benefits of applying wound-bed preparation into practice [PDF]
Original article can be found at: http://www.journalofwoundcare.com/ Copyright MA HealthcarePeer ...
Fletcher, J.
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Role of CRP as a marker for discrimination of exudative and transudative pleural effusion
Differentiation between exudative and transudative pleural effusion is sometime problematic. This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic value of C-reactive protein (CRP) in differentiation of exudative and transudative pleural effusion.
Omid Rismantab +4 more
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An isolated epizootic of hemorrhagic-like fever in cats caused by a novel and highly virulent strain of feline calicivirus. [PDF]
An isolated epizootic of a highly fatal feline calicivirus (FCV) infection, manifested in its severest form by a systemic hemorrhagic-like fever, occurred over a 1-month period among six cats owned by two different employees and a client of a private ...
Elliott, JB +4 more
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Pancreatic ascites with 'inflammatory transudate'
Pancreatic ascites is not an uncommon condition but requires a high degree of suspicion for prompt diagnosis. Since both hepatic cirrhosis and pancreatitis are related to ethanol abuse, routine investigation of patients with cirrhotic ascites for the ...
M Rajendra Prasad +3 more
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Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Contributes to Ischemia- and Reperfusion-Induced Endothelial Activation in Isolated Hearts [PDF]
During myocardial reperfusion, polymorphonuclear neutrophil (PMN) adhesion involving the intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) may lead to aggravation and prolongation of reperfusion injury.
Becker, Bernhard F. +7 more
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Pleural Effusion: Shedding Light on Pleural Disease Beyond Infection and Malignancy
Background and Objectives: Non-malignant pleural effusions (NMPEs) are the most frequently encountered pleural disease. They arise from various non-malignant, non-infectious clinical conditions, including cardiac, renal, and hepatic organ dysfunction ...
William C. Harding +6 more
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Role of interleukin-6 in diagnosis of pleural effusion
Objectives: To determine the level of interleukin-6 (IL-6) in both serum and pleural fluid in order to evaluate the diagnostic utility of IL-6 in differentiation between different types of pleural effusion.
Mohamed A. Zamzam +4 more
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Lymphatic vessels of the dura mater: A new discovery? [PDF]
Two recent paper s (Aspelund et al. 2015; Louveau et al. 2015) reported the presence in mice of lymphatics in the cerebra l dura mater , the most external of the meningeal layers covering the brain.
Bucchieri, F. +3 more
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