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Pleural effusion: Introduction
Pleural effusion: Fluid in the pleural spaces. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Pleural effusion is available below.
Symptoms of Pleural effusion
- Difficulty breathing
- Fluid between the pleural layers
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Pleural effusion: Complications
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Medical Textbooks Online about Pleural effusion
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Diagnostic Tests for Pleural effusion
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- Chest x-rays
- Laboratory tests of pleural fluid - when the fluid is extracted as a treatment.
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Pleural effusion?
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Pleural effusion: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Pleural effusion
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Pleural effusion: Research Doctors & Specialists
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Hospitals & Clinics: Pleural effusion
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- Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
- Women's Health Best Hospitals
- Patient Safety
- Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)
Pleural effusion: Rare Types
Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:
- Chronic Respiratory Disorders -- Rare Types:
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Causes of Pleural effusion
See full list of 122 causes of Pleural effusion
More information about causes of Pleural effusion:
- Medications, drugs, or substances causing Pleural effusion (3 listings)
- Underlying causes of Pleural effusion
- Pleural effusion as a complication caused by other conditions
- Pleural effusion as a symptom
Treatments for Pleural effusion
- Needle aspiration of fluid
- Tube aspiration of fluid
- Treatment of any underlying cause
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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Pleural effusion
Medical research articles related to Pleural effusion include:
- Thoracoscopic epicardial radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation
- Does this patient have a pleural effusion?
- What is the best treatment for empyema?
- What is the evidence for follow up chest x rays in children post consolidation and antibiotic treatment?
- Pleural effusion (diagram)
- Vinorelbine plus gemcitabine followed by docetaxel versus carboplatin plus paclitaxel in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: a randomised, open-label, phase III study
- Diagnostic accuracy of tumour markers for malignant pleural effusion: a meta-analysis
- Transcatheter aortic valve implantation for aortic stenosis
- more research...»
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Clinical Trials for Pleural effusion
The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.
Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Pleural effusion include:
- Multiple Biomarkers in Undiagnosed Pleural Effusion - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
- Talc in Treating Patients With Malignant Pleural Effusion - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - talc
- Bleomycin, Doxycycline, or Talc in Treating Patients With Malignant Pleural Effusions - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - bleomycin,doxycycline,talc
- ILX-295501 in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Ovarian Cancer That Has Not Responded to Previous Treatment - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - ILX-295501
- Decitabine in Treating Patients With Unresectable Lung or Esophageal Cancer or Malignant Mesothelioma of the Pleura - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - decitabine
- more trials...»
See full list of 34 Clinical Trials for Pleural effusion
Statistics for Pleural effusion
- Medical statistics for Pleural effusion
- Prevalence and incidence statistics for Pleural effusion
- Death and Mortality statistics for Pleural effusion
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Pleural effusion: Broader Related Topics
Types of Pleural effusion
- Hemothorax - pleural effusion due to blood.
- Empyema - pleural effusion due to pus.
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Definitions of Pleural effusion:
Increased amounts of fluid within the pleural cavity containing no malignant cells - (Source - Diseases Database)
- Pleural effusion
- What is Pleural effusion?
- Online Medical Textbooks for Pleural effusion
- Prevalence and Incidence of Pleural effusion
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- Causes of Pleural effusion
- Symptoms of Pleural effusion
- Diagnostic Tests for Pleural effusion
- Diagnosis of Pleural effusion
- Signs of Pleural effusion
- Complications of Pleural effusion
- Misdiagnosis of Pleural effusion
- Undiagnosed Pleural effusion
- Misdiagnosis of Underlying Causes of Pleural effusion
- Misdiagnosis of Medication Causes of Pleural effusion
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- External links relating to Pleural effusion
- Pleural Effusion: Exudate versus Transudate* (A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis)
- Pleural Effusion: Exudate (A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis)
- Pleural Effusion: Transudate (A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis)
- Pleural effusion and empyema (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Pleural Effusion (The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter)
- Pleural effusion and empyema (Handbook of Diseases)
- Consider a differential diagnosisbeyond empyema when managing a pleural effusion (Avoiding Common Pediatric Errors)
- Pleural Effusion (The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)
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