Could diastolic dysfunction cause anasarca? —Tadron L. Wilson, MD, Cookeville, Tenn. The evaluation of a new-onset pleural effusion often presents challenges, as seen in this case.

Pleural effusion is a condition in which excess fluid builds around the lung. Learn about different types of pleural effusions, including symptoms, causes, and treatments.

Assessing the Risk for Complicated Effusions The importance of pleural fluid analysis in parapneumonic effusions does not lie in the classification of effusions as transudative or exudative. The ...

Empyema is considered to be a sub-classification of parapneumonic pleural effusion. A parapneumonic effusion describes the build-up of activated pleural fluid which is associated with a lung ...

Exudative pleural effusion happens when there is irritation, inflammation, or infection. These can result in extra fluid production, reduced drainage, or both.

These were the symptoms, causes and treatment of bilateral pleural effusions by Dr. Arun Chowdary Kotaru. The two main types of pleural effusions are transudative and exudative effusions.

Pleural effusion, sometimes called water on the lung, is a buildup of fluid between the lungs and the chest cavity. It can result from pneumonia, heart failure, cancer, and other conditions ...

Patients with an undiagnosed recurrent exudative pleural effusion should be referred to respirology for further evaluation, as recommended by the British Thoracic Society guideline. 1 In patients with ...

False negative rates were 30.3% for IA-ANPB and 3.1% for MT in pleural effusion alone, and were 11.9% and 4.7%, respectively, in pleural effusion with pleural thickening or lesions.

One of the first steps in the evaluation of patients with pleural fluid is to distinguish those who have inflammatory (exudative) effusions from those who have noninflammatory (transudative ...

The cause of the effusion remains unclear in the cases of a substantial percentage of patients with exudative effusions after the history, physical examination, and analysis of pleural fluid. 32 ...

Because the pleural effusions were uneven and there was no history or clinical evidence of cardiac, liver or renal failure, thoracentesis was performed. Milky off-white to yellow fluid was aspirated ...