For most children with complicated pneumonia, a less aggressive treatment approach is favored for those with small or moderate pleural effusions, according to updated guidance. The Infectious Diseases ...

Mesothelioma is a rare type of cancer, most often caused by exposure to asbestos, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Mesothelioma develops in the thin tissue ...

Dr. Leanna J. Travis (Medicine): An 82-year-old woman presented to the emergency department of this hospital because of worsening abdominal distention and pedal edema. Three weeks before the current ...

Introduction and Objectives Pleural infection is a common clinical problem and despite improvements in diagnostic and therapeutic approaches is associated with significant morbidity and increased ...

Hello, thank you for your work. I am currently using 'densenet121-res224-mimic_ch' to evaluate the MIMIC-CXR test set, but I am encountering a category inconsistency issue. The official MIMIC ...

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 ...

Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) affects up to 15% of patients with cancer, and its incidence and prevalence are increasing. 1 - 4 Most cases are symptomatic; the most common symptoms are dyspnea due ...

Current Trends in Treating Malignant Pleural Effusion: Evidence, Guidelines, and Best Practice Recommendations. If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data ...

In this issue of Circulation: Heart Failure, Glargaard et al provide us with new granular insight into these important relationships between cardiac filling pressures and the presence and size of ...