The following is a summary of “Management of Pleural Effusion in Mechanically Ventilated Critically Ill Patients: A Systematic Review and Guideline,” published in the December 2024 issue of Surgery by ...

Chest X-ray demonstrated a bilateral pleural effusion with a dark red amylase-rich exudate on needle aspiration, necessitating a chest drain insertion. CT imaging then highlighted a left-sided PPF.

allowing fluid to be drained from the pleural cavity as needed. Community nurses and caregivers are typically assigned to undertake regular fluid drainage at the patient's home. Approximately 50% of ...

Background: Ascites and pleural effusion are well recognized complications of pancreatic diseases. Drug therapy of these is limited by high cost, prolonged hospitalization and failure rates ...

Introduction and objectives Chest X-ray (CXR), CT and Ultrasound (US) are commonly used to evaluate the size of pleural effusions. Accurate description of size is important in the communication of ...

Researchers have found that both wall suction and gravity drainage led to equivalent amounts of procedural chest pain and ...

This study provides the first comprehensive immunological characterization of paired blood and pleural effusion samples, utilizing combined cell and cytokine analyses in pediatric patients undergoing ...

In up to 50% of cases an air-fluid level is visible in the costophrenic angle ... Similarly, patients with associated large pleural effusions (hydropneumothorax) have also been excluded from trials, ...

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Her pericardial drain was removed 6 days post implantation with no reaccumulation of pericardial ... A CT scan of the chest was performed and did not show any sign of lead(s) perforation, but there ...