Background Pleural effusion is common in routine medical practice and can be due to many
different underlying diseases. Precise differential diagnostic categorization is essential, as …

Pleural Disease This review discusses the substantial advances that have been made in our
understanding of pleural biology and related pathophysiology, as well as in the …

Background The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a global
threat to public health. The lipid pathophysiology in COVID-19 is unknown. Methods In this …

Scoring systems are linear classification models that only require users to add, subtract and
multiply a few small numbers in order to make a prediction. These models are in widespread …

Abstract Background and Objective: In countries with high prevalence of tuberculosis (TB),
clinicians often diagnose tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) by using diagnostic tests, which …

Since the 2003 guideline, several clinically relevant studies have been published, allowing
new recommendations regarding image guidance of pleural procedures with clear benefits …

Cardiac tamponade is a medical emergency caused by the progressive accumulation of
pericardial fluid (effusion), blood, pus or air in the pericardium, compressing the heart …

Patients with primary pneumothorax are best initially treated with aspiration and, if this is
successful, hospitalization is usually not necessary. Patients with secondary pneumothorax …

The vast majority of undiagnosed unilateral pleural effusions have fluid sent for cytological
analysis. Despite widespread use, there is uncertainty about its sensitivity to diagnose …

A 70-year-old man with an 80-pack-year history of smoking and a history of congestive heart
failure presents with increasing shortness of breath. He also has aching chest pain on the …