PLEURAL EFFUSIONS IN CHILDREN.

Lysozyme in pleural effusions.

Subpulmonary pleural effusions in children after cardiac surgery.

Postoperative chest radiographs on 100 children who had undergone cardiac operations were evaluated to determine the frequency of subpulmonary effusions after surgery. Of the 83 patients in whom adequate erect postoperative radiographs were available, 9 (11%) had effusions confirmed by lateral decubitus radiographs. On the frontal chest x ray film, the evidence of an effusion was an increase in...

Pleural Effusions and Pneumothoraces.

The pleural space is created by the parietal and visceral pleura that line the chest wall and the lung surface, respectively. Normally, only a small amount (0.3 mL/kg) of hypotonic fluid is present within the pleural space due to homeostatic balances in physiologic fluid production and absorption. Various infectious and noninfectious processes can lead to pathologic filling of the pleural space...

[Tuberculous pleural effusions].

Tuberculous pleural effusion is a common manifestation of the primary form of the disease or consequence of the reactivation of a latent infection due to the M. tuberculosis. Advances in the laboratory methods have contributed to better diagnose and understand the pathophysiology of the effusion secondary to tuberculosis. However, although a predominant lymphocytic pleural effusion is suspiciou...

Tumor markers in pleural effusions.

AIM The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic capabilities of tumor markers in pleural effusion and their importance for assessment of the etiology of pleural effusions. PATIENTS AND METHODS In pleural effusions from 166 patients hospitalized during the period 2003-2005 at the Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Faculty Hospital in Pilsen, the following tumor markers were det...