Chest X-ray demonstrated an effusion, which was shown to be loculated on chest CT scan. She was not responding to medical treatment and at thoracotomy loculated pus was drained. Mycobacterium ...

Lung Therapeutics’ first therapeutic candidate LTI-01 recently completed a phase 1b clinical trial in Australia and New Zealand for the treatment of loculated pleural effusions, a life ...

None of these procedures appeared to influence the rate of fluid absorption. CONCLUSIONS Loculated subretinal fluid following pneumatic retinopexy may persist for very long periods, extending up to ...

This related to all effusions that failed to resolve by simple drainage over 24 h and included; patients with an infection-related effusion such as empyema (defined as frank pus or positive cultures); ...

Loculated effusions (57.8%) were more frequent than diffuse ones (42.2%). The size and site of effusion were related to the type of surgery. None of the small pericardial effusions increased in size; ...

Pearson’s correlation coefficient was used to assess the correlation between antibiotic concentrations and pleural fluid pH. A paired t-test was used to compare concentrations between loculated and ...

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An indwelling right-sided peritoneal catheter was inserted following further ascites build-up. The patient experienced spontaneous acute rupture of tumour and subsequent loculated ascites. An ...

You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways. Intrapleural tissue plasminogen activator (tPA)/dornase alfa therapy, which is often used for ...

In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in the use of ultrasound for the evaluation of chest diseases, especially for the study of bedridden, critically ill patients. In fact, the ...

Correspondence to Dr Amit Chopra, Department of Medicine, MC-91, Albany Medical College, 47 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, NY 12208, USA; chopraa1{at}mail.amc.edu ...