Assessing the Risk for Complicated Effusions The importance of pleural fluid analysis in parapneumonic effusions does not lie in the classification of effusions as transudative or exudative. The ...

A triglyceride level greater than 1.24 mmol/L and a cholesterol level less than 5.18 mmol/L are diagnostic. 3 Pleural fluid with a triglyceride level greater than 1.24 mmol has less than a 1% chance ...

Thoracostomy (placement of a chest tube for drainage) was performed, and pleural fluid analysis revealed an exudative pleural effusion; Gram’s staining showed no neutrophils or microorganisms ...

Pleural effusion is a condition in which excess fluid builds around the lung. Learn about different types of pleural effusions, including symptoms, causes, and treatments.

Pleural effusions complicate end-stage liver disease in 5% of patients. [5,6] Effusions (defined as 500 mL or more of fluid within the pleural space) are typically right-sided. [7,8] No ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio has announced their latest pipeline analysis report for malignant pleural mesothelioma. The report comprises an in-depth analysis of the pipeline molecules under ...

Chest radiography and computed tomography showed that he had left lower lobe consolidation with a loculated pleural effusion . Pleural fluid analysis was consistent with the diagnosis of empyema ...

Kevin Lamote, PhD, from the University of Antwerp, Belgium, and colleagues conducted a study aimed to investigate whether exhaled breath analysis could differentiate treatment responders from non ...