A pleural effusion is an excessive accumulation of fluid in the pleural space. It can pose a
diagnostic dilemma to the treating physician because it may be related to disorders of the …

In most diseases related to pleural effusion, the fluid analysis yields important diagnostic
information, and in certain cases, fluid analysis alone is enough for diagnosis. The many …

Recent developments in sensor technology and computational analysis methods enable
new strategies to measure and interpret lung acoustic signals that originate internally, such …

Pleural effusion affects more than 1.5 million people in the United States each year and
often complicates the management of heart failure, pneumonia, and malignancy. Pleural …

Background: The role of tumour markers such as carbohydrate antigen (CA) 125, CA 15-3,
CA 19-9 and CYFRA 21-1 (a fragment of cytokeratin 19) in differentiating malignant pleural …

Background and objective: Pleural transudates are most commonly due to heart failure (HF)
or hepatic hydrothorax (HH), but a number of these effusions are misclassified as exudates …

Background The indwelling pleural catheter (IPC), which was initially introduced for the
management of recurrent malignant effusions, could be a valuable management option for …

The International System for Reporting Serous Fluid Cytopathology (TIS) classifies serous
effusions into five categories: non-diagnostic (ND), negative for malignancy (NFM), atypia of …

Sažetak The pathological accumulation of serous fluids in the pleural, peritoneal and
pericardial space occurs in a variety of conditions. Since patient management depends on …

Pleural effusion (PE) is a key feature for a wide range of diseases. Although there are
dozens of documented causes of PE, only a few are responsible for most of the cases in …