Pleural effusion is a common clinical problem that can complicate many medical conditions. Breathlessness is the most common symptom of pleural effusion of any cause and the most common reason for pleural drainage. However, improvement in breathlessness following drainage of an effusion is variable; ...
Here, we describe the case of a 46-year-old man with large recurrent pleural effusion with absent perfusion to the affected lung who experienced dramatic dyspnea relief after large-volume thoracentesis. This patient's improvement in breathlessness cannot be attributed to improved gas exchange and ...
Use of a Port-a-Cath system in the home setting for the treatment of symptomatic recurrent malignant pleural effusion Symptomatic malignant pleural effusions represent a common problem in metastatic cancers and are associated with a significant morbidity. Pleurodesis still... G Verfaillie,RV Herrewegh...
16.A Clinical Study on TCM Syndrome Patterns of 102 cases of Malignant pleural effusion(MPE)102例恶性胸腔积液患者中医证候的临床分析 17.Analysis on Similarity between Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndromes and Information on Disease in Patients with Post-hepatitis Cirrhosis肝炎后肝硬化中医证候与疾病信息相...
See Pleural Effusion in Cancer VI. Management: Special circumstances Terminal patients who choose not to eat or drink Some patients will choose to hasten their own death Competent patients may refuse to take nourishment Study looked at suffering, pain and duration to death Patients died within 2...
During pleural/lung examination, one should look for evidence of interstitial edema, pleural effusion, and pneumonia. Rib Fractures Patients with chest trauma can have rib fractures, but plain film chest radiographs have low sensitivity for picking them up. Ultrasonography allows for the detection of...
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初期症状(primary symptom)和继发症状(secondary symptom)也常用于表示其他病害发病的连续步骤(Bos,1978)。由几种病毒 … blog.163.com|基于3个网页 3. 主要症状 ...a are all Split」,且将此症状分别为主要症状(Primary symptom) 及附带症状(Secondary symptom)。
A left-sided pleural effusion developed, paracentesis producing blood-stained fluid. Before his death on August 4, 1950, the rash had begun to fade to an atrophic- telangiectatic thickening on the affected sites. Post-mortem findings were those of a carcinoma of the left lower lobe bronchus-...
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