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 ...

A man in his 60s presented with a six month history of shortness of breath, left sided chest pain, and left thigh swelling. He had chronic pancreatitis related to alcohol use and continued to drink 70 ...

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 ...

Implementing a safe and effective process to deliver tarlatamab bispecific antibody treatment for patients with small cell cancer across a community healthcare system. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract ...

A pilot program in six states will use a tactic employed by private insurers that has been heavily criticized for delaying and denying medical care. By Reed Abelson and Teddy Rosenbluth Like millions ...

A recent UK study evaluating the safety of pleural procedures analysed incidents related to pleural interventions, particularly chest drain insertions and aspirations. Lead author Dr Andrew Stanton ...

Median survival was significantly less in veterans with vs without pleural effusion in CHF (1.51 vs 3.23 yrs), cancer (1.33 vs 2.05 yrs), and pneumonia (4.27 vs 5.11 yrs). Clinically significant ...

The following is a summary of “Ultrasound analysis of hemidiaphragm function in case of pleural effusion,” published in the January 2025 issue of Pulmonology by Boussuges et al. Researchers conducted ...

A NEW population-based study comparing treatments for malignant pleural effusions (MPE) has found no significant difference in post-procedure mortality between patients treated with indwelling pleural ...

The transoral incisionless fundoplication, or TIF, procedure is a relatively mild surgical technique. It was developed to treat a particular medical condition called gastroesophageal reflux disease ...

Objective: Pleural effusion is a common medical problem. It is important to decide whether the pleural fluid is a transudate or an exudate. This study aims to measure the attenuation values of pleural ...