Hypoglycaemia, renal abnormalities, severe early cardiomyopathy, congenital lung and airway abnormalities, pleural and pericardial effusion, chylous ascites ... requiring repeated liquor reductions.

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 ...

One organ that has a surprising capacity to regenerate is the spleen and sometimes it can regenerate without people realising. The spleen is a high-risk organ for injury and is the most commonly ...

We have reviewed 22 patients with benign asbestos pleural effusion seen over a 17-year period. The mean duration of exposure to asbestos was 5.5 years and the mean interval between exposure and ...

Ultrasound is a non-invasive imaging technique that uses the differential reflectance of acoustic waves at ultrasonic frequencies to detect objects and measure distances. It is commonly used for ...

Pleural diseases (like pleural mesothelioma, effusions, plaques, and thickening) are often very severe, leading to debilitating or life-threatening symptoms. For over 45 years, Sokolove Law has helped ...

i.e., indwelling pleural catheter insertion rather than chemical pleurodesis. Recent research 1 has described the novel use of thoracic ultrasound (TUS) to identify NEL by assessing mobility and ...

Acute respiratory distress developed in two preterm babies because of unilateral hydrothorax secondary to the migration of a central venous catheter into the pulmonary vasculature. Prompt recognition ...

Their study shows that ultrafast power Doppler ultrasound can track changes in tumors non-invasively, providing real-time insights into whether treatments like radiation and immunotherapy are working.

Amyloid deposits in the pericardium can result in the formation of pericardial effusion. In the early stages of cardiac amyloid deposition, there is an increase in myocardial stiffness leading to ...