pH measurements were made using litmus paper (pHydron Vivid 6-8 brand litmus paper; MicroEssential Labs; Brooklyn, NY) and the model 995-Hb blood gas analyzer (AVL Instruments; Roswell, GA) within 1 h of collection. Agreement analysis was performed in three ways: on the entire group; in...
however, its associated risk factors remain unclear. Between January 2006 and December 2019, consecutive children patients (≤ 15 years old) who had a diagnosis of pleural TB were included for the analysis. Surgical intervention was defined as debridement (such as breaking loculations), decortica...
The fluid was sampled for pathological and microbiological examination and evacuated (nearly 1000 mL in total). Underneath the pleural effusion, the lung appeared widely covered with a thick layer of fibrin that tenaciously adhered to the underlying parenchyma; thus, the lung needed to be thoroughly...