Pleural Effusions
Drug sensitivity profiling and molecular characteristics of cells from pleural effusions of patients with lung adenocarcinoma
... We propose to assess the therapeutic value of biomarker-guided individualized chemotherapy in patients with metastasizing lung adenocarcinoma. In this study, we used primary cells from pleural effusions ...
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Comparison of Telomerase Activity in Malignant and Benign Pleural Effusions
... lavages and pleural effusions reported that the sensitivity and specificity of this tumor marker were 82.5% and 80.4%, respectively. Its sensitivity for TB was 19.6% (8.9). Moreover, all cell lines of human ...
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Comparison of Pleural Fluid Cholinesterase estimation Vs Abbreviated Lights Criteria in Diagnosing Pleural Effusions.
... Exudative Pleural effusions are defined by the presence of a high concentration of large molecular weight constituents when compared to transudative ...on pleural fluid specific ...Exudative ...
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Diagnostic yield of medical thoracoscopy in exudative pleural effusions in a region with high tuberculosis burden
... Benign pleural effusion was defined as pleural effusion in the absence of malignant features in pleural biopsy, and in patients not known to suffer from advanced ...Tuberculous pleural ...
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Diagnostic role of interleukin -33 in the differentiation of pleural effusions especially tuberculous and malignant effusions
... malignant pleural effusions ...the pleural space of patients with tuberculous pleural effusion which induced by IFN-γ and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) ...
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The management of benign non-infective pleural effusions
... of pleural effusions [13]. Pleural appearances seen on computed tomography (CT) in patients with non-malignant disease may be more subtle than in those with malignant ...of pleural ...
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Treatment of malignant pleural effusions: the case for localized immunotherapy
... Malignant pleural effusions (MPE) are a common terminal pathway for many cancers, with an estimated United States incidence of more than 150,000 cases per ...the pleural space as a tumor-promoting, ...
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Causes of pleural effusions in horses resident in the UK
... septic pleural effusions in the current study, neoplasia can affect any age of horse. (Taintor and 173[r] ...
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Cochrane corner:interventions for the management of malignant pleural effusions
... Optimal management of symptomatic malignant pleural effusions remains an important issue as it affects a significant number of patients each year internationally. The overall survival remains poor, ...
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Interventions for the management of malignant pleural effusions:a network meta analysis
... We placed 11 studies in the excluded studies section, having ini- tially identified them as eligible for inclusion but with reasons for exclusion identified later (Characteristics of excluded studies). One study had ...
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Parapneumonic Pleural Effusions Consist of Two Distinct Entities
... Pleural effusions that complicate pneumonia in children are usually described as one entity-“parapneumonic” pleurisy ...parapneumonic effusions-however, without pointing out differences in their ...
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Evaluation of the diagnostic values of pleural fluid procalcitonin in transudates and exudates pleural effusions
... measurable pleural effusions (>10 cc) were included in this ...of pleural effusions were ...recorded. Pleural fluid samples were obtained and cytological studies were performed in ...
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Serum Cancer Antigen 125 In Patients With Pleural Effusions
... Serum Cancer Antigen 125 in Patients with Pleural Effusions ORIGINAL ARTICLE Serum Cancer Antigen 125 in Patients with PleuralEf Effusions M S H How, MMed*, C K Liam, FRCP**, A RJamalludin, MPH (Epid[.] ...
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The diagnostic role of glycosaminoglycans in pleural effusions: A pilot study
... of pleural cavity and large amounts of them, mainly hyaluronic acid and chondroitin sulphate [6,7] have already been reported in pleural ...in pleural effusions, reporting impressive ...
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The effect of therapeutic pleural drainage on the short- and long-term sequelae of tuberculous pleural effusions
... Therapeutic drainage may offer additional medium- and long- term functional benefits to patients with large tuberculous pleural effusions, as is evident by the statistically significant improvement in PFT ...
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Bilateral Pneumonia and Pleural Effusions Subsequent to Electronic Cigarette Use
... Electronic nicotine delivery systems also known as electronic cigarettes (or e-cigarettes) are marketed by their manufactures as a safer alternative to tobacco cigarettes because of potentially reduced delivery of ...
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Differences in Pleural Fluid Characteristics, White Cell Count and Biochemistry of Tuberculous and Malignant Pleural Effusions
... Differences in Pleural Fluid Characteristics, White Cell Count and Biochemistry of Tuberculous and Malignant Pleural Effusions ORIGINAL ARTICLE Differences in Pleural Fluid Characteristics, White Cell[.] ...
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Evaluation of two strategies for the interpretation of tumour markers in pleural effusions
... in pleural fluid, we obtained a joint sensitivity for TM of ...in pleural effusions and the F/S ra- tio > 1:2 achieved a sensitivity of 77% of and a specificity of ...presenting pleural, ...
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Computed Tomography in Differential Diagnosis of Exudative and Transudative Pleural Effusions
... The areas under the mean attenuation values curves for exudates in pre- and post-contrast phases, were similar (Fig 4) (AUC pre-contrast = 0.686; 95% CI, 0.591-0.870 and AUC post-contrast = 0.673; 95% CI, 0.589-0.879). ...
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The Value of Cytology in the Diagnosis of Pleural Effusions
... tuberculous pleural effusion is frequently a diagnostic challenge for the pulmonary ...malignant pleural effusion on clinical grounds alone and usually more invasive diagnostic interventions are ...the ...
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