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May 5th, 2021 - Fibrosing mediastinitis (FM) is a progressive, life-threatening disease characterized by extrinsic compression of mediastinal bronchovascular structures, and the clinical manifestations largely depend upon the affected structures. Pleural effusion...

Apr 27th, 2021 - Thoracentesis and tube thoracostomy are common procedures with bleeding risks, but existing guidelines may be overly conservative. We reviewed the evidence on the safety of thoracentesis and tube thoracostomy in patients with uncorrected coagulopa...

Apr 15th, 2021 - We present a rare case of primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) in a 75 year old, HIV-negative male patient with multiple comorbidities. Imaging studies revealed a massive right pleural effusion and a significant lung collapse with multiple plural soft ...

Apr 14th, 2021 - Evidence-based guidelines recommend management strategies for malignant pleural effusions (MPE) based on life expectancy. Existent risk-prediction rules do not provide precise individualized survival estimates. Can a newly developed continuous ris...

Apr 8th, 2021 - Haemorrhage in patients with haemophilia is common after minor trauma but may occur spontaneously. Despite the diversity of bleeding sites, spontaneous haemothorax, on a non-traumatic basis, is an exceedingly rare event and only a few cases had be...

May 5th, 2021 - Fibrosing mediastinitis (FM) is a progressive, life-threatening disease characterized by extrinsic compression of mediastinal bronchovascular structures, and the clinical manifestations largely depend upon the affected structures. Pleural effusion...

Apr 27th, 2021 - Thoracentesis and tube thoracostomy are common procedures with bleeding risks, but existing guidelines may be overly conservative. We reviewed the evidence on the safety of thoracentesis and tube thoracostomy in patients with uncorrected coagulopa...

Apr 15th, 2021 - We present a rare case of primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) in a 75 year old, HIV-negative male patient with multiple comorbidities. Imaging studies revealed a massive right pleural effusion and a significant lung collapse with multiple plural soft ...

Apr 14th, 2021 - Evidence-based guidelines recommend management strategies for malignant pleural effusions (MPE) based on life expectancy. Existent risk-prediction rules do not provide precise individualized survival estimates. Can a newly developed continuous ris...

Apr 8th, 2021 - Haemorrhage in patients with haemophilia is common after minor trauma but may occur spontaneously. Despite the diversity of bleeding sites, spontaneous haemothorax, on a non-traumatic basis, is an exceedingly rare event and only a few cases had be...

Aug 27th, 2019 - Conclusion MPEs represent advanced stage disease and frequently adversely affect a patient’s quality of life. The treating clinician has access to a variety of therapeutic options, though no single intervention strategy is universally superior in.

Aug 15th, 2019 - For the week ending Aug 16, 2019 John Mandrola, MD comments on the following cardiology news [and features] stories: Artificial Intelligence Detects 'Hidden' AFib During Normal Sinus Rhythm BASEL IX: PE Uncommon in Patients Presenting With Syncope...

Aug 15th, 2019 - For the week ending Aug 16, 2019 John Mandrola, MD comments on the following cardiology news [and features] stories: Artificial Intelligence Detects 'Hidden' AFib During Normal Sinus Rhythm BASEL IX: PE Uncommon in Patients Presenting With Syncope...

Jul 1st, 2019 - Cirrhosis can involve “precarious” changes in hemostatic pathways that tip the scales toward either bleeding or hypercoagulation, experts wrote in an American Gastroenterological Association Clinical Practice Update. Based on current evidence, cli.

Feb 28th, 2019 - The guidelines on the management of malignant pleural effusions were released on October 1, 2018, by the ATS/STS/STR.[1,2] Use ultrasound to guide pleural interventions in known or suspected cases of malignant pleural effusion. Therapeutic pleural...