ALLMedicine™ Thoracentesis Center

May 17th, 2022 - Malignant pleural effusions are common in patients with cancer. Most malignant pleural effusions are secondary to metastases to the pleura, most often from lung or breast cancer. The presence of malignant effusion indicates advanced disease and po...

May 14th, 2022 - Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in men and women in the United States; however, it remains the leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States and worldwide. The most common but nonspecific symptom of lung cancer is cough. ...

May 9th, 2022 - Medication Summary A tension pneumothorax requires treatment with rapidity. However, anesthetics and analgesics should be used if the patient is not in distress. The goals of pharmacotherapy are to reduce morbidity and to prevent complications. In...

Apr 6th, 2022 - ObjectiveInjury is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children. However, the epidemiology and prehospital care for pediatric unintentional injuries in Asia are still unclear.MethodsA total of 9,737 pediatric patients aged <18 years with u...

Apr 5th, 2022 - The goal is to use PDXovos, which are chick embryos cultivated in an ex ovo fashion that will act as a xenograft host, for drug paneling. Chick embryos as a PDX host model system offer multiple advantages, such as increased tumor take rates, rapid...

Apr 5th, 2022 - The goal is to use PDXovos, which are chick embryos cultivated in an ex ovo fashion that will act as a xenograft host, for drug paneling. Chick embryos as a PDX host model system offer multiple advantages, such as increased tumor take rates, rapid...

Mar 14th, 2022 - Therapeutic thoracentesis aims to drain fluid from the pleural space to alleviate breathlessness. The amount of and speed with which the fluid can be safely drained in one setting is unclear, and likely depends on the physiology of the pleural eff...

Dec 10th, 2021 - The rate of hospitalization for spontaneous pneumothorax among people age 14 or older is approximately 227 per million. Spontaneous pneumothorax in the absence of trauma can be further classified as primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) or second...

Nov 23rd, 2021 - Aims and Objectives: The primary objective of this study is to compare gravity-driven versus wall suction-driven large volume therapeutic thoracentesis on the development of chest discomfort during the procedure. Expected Outcomes: We anticipate t...

Nov 16th, 2021 - Interventional thoracic ultrasonography (TUS) includes both diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy , Tru-cut Pleural or lung parenchymal biopsy and Cope or Abrams needles pleural biopsies are examples of diagnostic pr...

Apr 2nd, 2021 - Eirwen M. Miller, MD, gynecologic oncologist, Allegheny Health Network, West Penn Hospital, discusses her approach to frontline maintenance therapy in ovarian cancer. Prior to implementing frontline maintenance therapy, patient factors, such as...

Jun 30th, 2020 - Grim News On the week before my first interview for a hematology and oncology fellowship, however, my mother was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. She had hit that magical 5-year mark just 1 month prior and thought she was cancer-free f...

Aug 16th, 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 16th, 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.