Pleural effusion was independently linked to increased all-cause mortality in US veterans with CHF, cancer, and pneumonia.

IT is the unfortunate lot of some patients dying of metastatic cancer of the breast, lung, cervix and so forth to be plagued by severe dyspnea due to recurrent malignant pleural effusions.

Sometimes an abnormal amount of fluid will build up in the space between your lungs and your chest wall; when it leaks out it is called a pleural effusion. Pain from pleurisy, with or without ...

Pleural effusion is the accumulation of fluid in the space between the two coverings (pleura) of the lung. The ability of the lung to expand is affected.

However, while both refer to conditions that can cause a collapsed lung, they occur for different reasons. Pneumothorax describes when pressure in the pleural space, which is the space between the ...

Considering taking supplements to treat malignant pleural effusions? Below is a list of common natural remedies used to treat or reduce the symptoms of malignant pleural effusions. Follow the ...

Background: Ascites and pleural effusion are well recognized complications of pancreatic diseases. Drug therapy of these is limited by high cost, prolonged hospitalization and failure rates ...

Control lung specimens were obtained from 2 women ... in the lower zones and were bilateral in all cases. Minor pleural effusions were observed in 2 patients (neither of whom showed nodular ...

Neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA) offers superior patient-ventilator synchrony in paediatric liver transplant ...