...Katrine Fjaellegaard; Jesper Koefod Petersen; Daniel Beck Rasmussen; Paul Frost Clementsen; Christian B. Laursen; Rahul Bhatnagar; Uffe Bodtger Background: The value of pre-booked repeated thoracentesis in patients with recurrent pleural effusion is reliant on the estimation of time to next...

...Katrine Fjaellegaard; Jesper Koefod Petersen; Paul Frost Clementsen; Christian B. Laursen; Rahul Bhatnagar; Uffe Bodtger Background: In patients with pleural effusion, specific ultrasound characteristics are associated with pleural malignancy. Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the added...

... or of their effectiveness, quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Thoracic ultrasound Pleural effusion Aorta Malignant pleural...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Thoracoscopy Pleuroscopy Randomized study Midazolam Lidocaine Pleural disease Pleural effusion Anesthesia Medical thoracoscopy (MT) was first performed...

...Sarah M. Newhouse; Tanja W. Effing; Brendan D. Dougherty; Jason A. D'Costa; Anand R. Rose Background: Pleural effusions remain a common medical problem which often requires diagnostic pleurocentesis to determine the underlying cause. Pleurocentesis is a frequently performed procedure worldwide...

...Majid Shafiq; Xiaomeng Ma; Niloofar Taghizadeh; Hadi Kharrazi; David J. Feller-Kopman; Alain Tremblay; Lonny B. Yarmus Background: Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) poses a considerable healthcare burden, but little is known about trends in directly attributable hospital utilization. Objective: We...

... for the diagnosis of pleural effusions. Objective: In this crossover study, we compared the diagnostic yield of CB versus FFB in subjects undergoing semirigid thoracoscopy. Methods: Subjects undergoing semirigid thoracoscopy for undiagnosed pleural effusions were subjected to both CB and FFB, with the order...

... responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Pleural effusion Thoracentesis Re-expansion pulmonary edema Pleural pressures (Ppl), change with thoracentesis, and the implications...

...Rachelle Asciak; Maged Hassan; Rachel M. Mercer; Robert J. Hallifax; John M. Wrightson; Ioannis Psallidas; Najib M. Rahman Background: Pleural effusion echogenicity on ultrasound has previously been suggested to allow identification of exudates. A case series suggested that homogenously echogenic...

...Pierre-Alexis Lépine; Rajesh Thomas; Sébastien Nguyen; Yves Lacasse; Hui Min Cheah; Jenette Creaney; Sanjeevan Muruganandan; Simon Martel; Y.C. Gary Lee; Antoine Delage Background: An important part of the investigation of pleural effusion is the identification of markers that help separate exudate...

... to avoid hospitalization. Two randomized trials have demonstrated reduced time in hospital using IPCs versus talc pleurodesis in malignant pleural effusion (MPE). However, the impact of IPCs on hospital services and patients has not been well studied. Objectives: To analyze long-term outcomes of IPCs...

...Michael A. Mitchell; Andrew Burkett; Pen Li; Tinghua Zhang; Kayvan Amjadi Background: Indwelling pleural catheters (IPC) are commonly used in the management of malignant pleural effusions (MPE). The effect of systemic chemotherapy on IPC removal has not been reported previously. Objectives...

...Horiana B Grosu; Farah Kazzaz; Erik Vakil; Sofia Molina; David Ost Background: Thoracentesis with cytological examination of pleural fluid is the initial test of choice for evaluation of pleural effusions in patients with suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE). There is limited data...

... in the HH population. sas3867@mail.harvard.edu 1 02 2018 11 05 2018 10 7 2018 Hepatic hydrothorax (HH) is a transudative pleural effusion that develops in cirrhotic patients with portal hypertension and in the absence of cardiopulmonary disease [ 1 ]. HH accounts for 2–3% of all...

...John Abisheganaden; Akash Verma; Rucha S. Dagaonkar; Richard W. Light Background: Patients with malignant pleural effusion (MPE) secondary to lung cancer have been associated with poor prognosis historically. LENT score developed to risk-stratify unselected patients with MPE predicts prognosis...

... Pleural catheter Pleural effusion Chest drains often fall out and require replacement, adding unnecessary patient risk and discomfort, prolonging hospital length of stay, and increasing workload on respiratory and radiology departments. In cases of malignant effusion, where drains are not re...

... responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Tuberculosis Chylothorax Pleural effusion Chylomicron Trauma is the most common cause of chylothorax. Tuberculosis (TB) is described...

.... Pleuroscopy Pleural biopsy Pleural effusion Anesthesia Pleural disease Propofol Pleuroscopy is the procedure of choice for diagnosing an exudative pleural effusion of unknown etiology [ 1,2,3 ]. Unlike video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, pleuroscopy can be performed on an outpatient basis, does...

.... Pleuroscopy Thoracic surgery Empyema Pleural biopsy Pleural effusion Antibiotics Medical thoracoscopy is the preferred procedure for performing pleural biopsy in patients with pleural effusions that remain undiagnosed after pleural fluid analysis [ 1,2 ]. Unlike video-assisted thoracoscopic...

...Sun Ha Choi; Seung-Ick Cha; Kyung-Min Shin; Jae-Kwang Lim; Seung-Soo Yoo; Shin-Yup Lee; Jaehee Lee; Chang-Ho Kim; Jae-Yong Park; Deok Heon Lee Background: Data regarding pleural effusion due to pulmonary embolism (PE) are limited. Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical...