abstract  background: at present, differentiation between exudative and transudative pleural  effusion is based solely on laboratory measures and is time-consuming. asimple  bedside method would be of great help to differentiate between these two types of effusions.  we present a new method for this purpose assessed in 46 patients.  methods: standard laboratory tests and our method were tested ...

PURPOSE To retrospectively evaluate diagnostic performance of dual-energy subtraction radiography (DESR) for interpretation of chest radiographs compared to conventional radiography (CR) using computed tomography (CT) as standard of reference. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 199 patients (75 female, median age 67) were included in this institutional review board (IRB)-approved clinical trial....

abstract background: pleural effusion is the accumulation of excess fluid in the pleural cavity. most information available about pleural effusion is obtained from studies on adults and little evidence is available in children. therefore, it is necessary to identify the existing status and explain the disease process, signs, treatment, and prognosis. children with pleural effusion who were admi...

The causes and situation of exudative pleural effusion vary from one area to another. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 327 patients with exudative pleural effusion in South Khorasan province (Iran). The patients were older than 12 years and comprised 172 (52.6%) males and 155 (47.4%) females. The study commenced in 2007 with seven years duration. The Light’s criteria were used to define...

Wagner’ in Germany in 1870 was the first to describe a tumor with the characteristics of a pleural mesothelioma and to recognize it as a pathological entity. He called it “a tubercle-like lymph adenoma.” From the time of this first description there has been a controversy among medical authorities until recently relative to the origin, histology and nomenclature of this dIsease. It has been var...

The pleura is the serous membrane that covers the lung parenchyma, mediastinum, diaphragm, and rib cage. The pleura is divided into the visceral pleura, which covers the lung parenchyma and inter-lobar fi ssures, and the parietal pleura that lines the inside of each hemithorax along the chest wall. These pleura fuse at the hilum where they form the pulmonary ligament (1). Visceral and parietal ...

background: patients with symptomatic malignant pleural effusion (mpe) may gain profit from pleurodesis for relief of dyspnea and in preventing the accumulation of fluid or air in the pleural space. pleurodesis methods are palliative and regard the patient's symptoms and underlying disease condition that are different. the purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of bleomycin in th...

to review our experience in treatment of patients with thoracic empyema at a teaching hospital chart of patients were retrospectively reviewed over a 72-month period. a total of 112 patients (94 men, 18 women, mean age: 39, range: 6-89 years) underwent therapeutic procedures for thoracic empyema between 2001-2006. the causes of empyema included parapneumonic empyema (60.7%), thoracic trauma (20...