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Thoracentesis
Known as:
Chest Aspirations
, Pleural Cavity Tap
, Aspirations, Chest
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Aspiration of fluid or air from the THORACIC CAVITY. It is coupled sometimes with the administration of drugs into the PLEURAL CAVITY.
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Paracentesis
Pleural effusion disorder
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2014
2014
Medical thoracoscopy: a useful diagnostic tool for undiagnosed pleural effusion.
A. Agarwal
,
R. Prasad
,
R. Garg
,
S. Verma
,
Abhijeet Singh
,
N. Husain
Indian journal of chest diseases & allied…
2014
Corpus ID: 502221
OBJECTIVE We aimed to assess the role of medical thoracoscopy in patients with undiagnosed pleural effusion. METHODS Patiens…
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Review
2010
Review
2010
Manual of Clinical Paramedic Procedures
P. Gregory
,
Ian Mursell
2010
Corpus ID: 68728754
Introduction Foreword 1. Airway management Definition of airway management Concept of a stepwise approach Basic anatomy of the…
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2010
2010
Ruptured pseudoaneurysm of the splenic artery complicating endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy for pancreatic cancer
Kazuya Matsumoto
,
K. Hara
,
+9 authors
K. Yamao
Endoscopy
2010
Corpus ID: 26546863
dle aspiration (EUS-FNA) is a safe procedure, although major complications do rarely occur. Pseudoaneurysm rupture is an…
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2009
2009
Left-sided pleural effusion secondary to continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
L. Nässberger
Acta Medica Scandinavica
2009
Corpus ID: 356980
A young woman with diabetes mellitus and subsequent renal insufficiency developed a massive left-sided pleural effusion secondary…
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2004
2004
Pyogenic Liver Abscess: Demographic, Clinical, Radiological and Bacteriological Characteristics and Management Strategies
Qurban Ali Bugti
,
Mohammad Aslam Baloch
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A. Wadood
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Akther Hameed Mulghani
,
Bushra Azeem
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J. Ahmed
2004
Corpus ID: 46230405
Objective: To determine the demographic, clinical, radiological and bacteriological characteristics of pyogenic liver abscess and…
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1996
1996
Antenatal and postnatal treatment of pleural effusion and extra-lobar pulmonary sequestration
V. Chan
,
A. Greenough
,
K. Nicolaides
Journal of Perinatal Medicine
1996
Corpus ID: 42103626
An infant is reported who was identified antenatally to have an extralobar sequestration and a pleural effusion. Chronic drainage…
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1990
1990
[Antenatal diagnosis and management of congenital chylothorax].
H. Philippe
,
A. Paupe
,
+6 authors
D. Lewin
Archives francaises de pediatrie
1990
Corpus ID: 23037497
A case of congenital chylothorax diagnosed with prenatal ultrasonography is described. Thoracocentesis was performed at 33 weeks…
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1989
1989
Diagnostic significance of pleural fluid eosinophilia during initial thoracocentesis.
M. Lakhotia
,
Sanjay Mehta
,
Dinesh Mathur
,
C. Baid
,
A. Varma
Indian journal of chest diseases & allied…
1989
Corpus ID: 41201876
A prospective study of pleural fluid eosinophilia (PFE) during initial thoracocentesis in 162 patients of pleural effusion was…
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1977
1977
Mepacrine hydrochloride in the treatment of malignant pleural effusion. A controlled randomized trial.
J. Mejer
,
K. Mortensen
,
H. Hansen
Scandinavian journal of respiratory diseases
1977
Corpus ID: 42503617
The effect of local instillation of mepacrine hydrochloride (quinacrine hydrochloride U.S.P., Atabrine) was compared with…
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1959
1959
Preliminary Investigation on the Growth of Natural Snow Crystals by the Use of Observation Points Distributed Vertically
C. Magono
1959
Corpus ID: 127695931
The Cloud Physics Group of Japan made observations of snow crystal forms by various methods at five observation points which were…
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