Background: Ascites and pleural effusion are well recognized complications of pancreatic diseases. Drug therapy of these is limited by high cost, prolonged hospitalization and failure rates ...
Other symptoms include fever, chills, and a loss of appetite. The initial treatment of pleurisy involves pain relief (often with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like indomethacin), followed by ...
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is one of the most common congenital infections. We present a case of an infant who presented with respiratory distress since birth with a normal antenatal history. The ...
Previous large pleural infection trials (MIST1 and MIST2) were conducted prior to the era of common ultrasound. The oft-held belief that a septated effusion requires upfront surgical treatment is not ...
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In an asymptomatic patient, a pericardial effusion of less than 10 mm on the echocardiogram may be an incidental finding, especially in elderly women, as shown in the Framingham study.1 In these ...