Introduction Malignant pleural effusions (MPEs) commonly occur in patients with advanced cancer. Drainage of fluid is used to relieve symptoms and improve quality of life. Objective To improve our ...

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Pleural mesothelioma is a cancer that starts in the sheets of tissue that cover the outside of the lung and the lining of the chest cavity. These sheets of tissue are called the pleura. You can see ...

2 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham, East Yorkshire, UK 3 Department of Thoracic Medicine, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth, UK In hospital practice, pleural ...

Malignant pleural effusion is a complication of cancer that causes the build-up of fluid in the membrane around the lungs. It most often occurs with advanced stage 4 cancer, including lung and breast ...

Clinical question: Does upfront thoracentesis improve short-term clinical outcomes for patients with acute heart failure (HF)? Background: Thoracentesis is being performed at increasing rates in ...

A pulmonologist is a doctor who diagnoses and treats diseases of the respiratory system-- the lungs and other organs that help you breathe. A pulmonologist's training starts with a medical school ...

Post-thoracentesis thoracic ultrasound and CXR showed strong agreement (0.93) for evaluation of complete pleural space evacuation. Post-thoracentesis ultrasound and chest radiography (CXR) are equally ...

Use of routine thoracentesis in addition to medical therapy yielded no significant benefits for adults with heart failure and pleural effusions, according to a new study. For patients with acute heart ...

Denmark: A recent randomized controlled trial evaluated the impact of routine thoracentesis in patients with acute heart failure and pleural effusion. Thoracentesis, a procedure to drain excess fluid ...

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TAP-IT (Thoracentesis to Alleviate Cardiac Pleural Effusion–Interventional Trial) investigated the effect of therapeutic thoracentesis in addition to standard medical therapy in patients with acute ...