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A 62-year old male asked about a 54-year old female:
Pleural effusion detected in xray. Aspiration done. Pleural fluid tested on cytology and myobacterium culture done. All negative-no growth. Pain severe in chest and back. Amylase:47 ada:72 glucose:200?
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A 31-year old female asked:
What is pleural scarring less likely minimal pleural fluid? I dont have any kind of symptoms from past 4mos. What would be pleural fluid symptoms?
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A 32-year old asked:
Colour of pleural effusion fluid if you have pneumonia?
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A 49-year old asked:
Is fluid restriction helpful for pt has pleural effusion?
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A 37-year old asked:
Once the fluid from a pleural effusion is mostly removed, will the rest go away by itself?
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A 19-year old female asked:
Why are my right and left lobe fluids, which means pleural effusion, back after I just recovered from 6 months ago?
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A 22-year old female asked:
Im suffering with cough n from my pleural fluid analysis total proteins : 5.60gms% ada levels: 92 units/l cell type :l70%, h 30% what dose it mean
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A 34-year old asked:
Would fluid restriction be good for pleural effusion?
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A 51-year old female asked:
What is the color of malignant pleural effusion fluid?
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A 66-year old female asked:
I had a pleural effusion. I haven't gotten the full biopsy report back but it said "450cc of clear amber fluid removed" What does the "amber fluid" mean?
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A 31-year old asked:
Can you give me advice.i suffered pleural effusion with sepate fluid, breathing problem even after aspiration.?
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A 33-year old asked:
What to do if I have fluid in the pleural cavity. how would you expect this to affect the process of pulmonary ventilation?
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A 26-year old male asked:
My x-ray results show I have Fibrotic scarring, right upper lobe Minimal fluid versus pleural thickening left costrophrenic sulcus.What is that means?
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A 75-year old female asked:
My mom had open heart surgery in Jan & has recurrent pleural effs. She had a pleurx cath put in 3 weeks ago, but still is producing 600+fluid daily.
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A 34-year old male asked:
Will pleural effusion fluid caused by DVT wear-off naturally when DVT is treated or should the fluid be drained out? Tests done on the sample of the fluid show that the fluid has no infections. The fluid causes discomfort and pain. Please advise.
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A 44-year old asked:
Could increased pleural fluid cause pulmonary edema, heart failure, or pneumonia?
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A 30-year old male asked:
How risky is 5mm dia pleural effusion in left lung in m31 asthma patient n not enuff free fluid for aspiration for lab tests. wt next now? SOB fever
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A 25-year old female asked:
Swollen nodes in neck & now abdominal wall. CT of abd/pelv normal, CT of chest shows small amount of pleural fluid, otherwise normal. Virus? Worse?
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A 30-year old male asked:
Asthma patient m 31 pleural effusion in left lung but radiologist says not enuff free fluid for aspiration fever SOB occasional sweating. what is it?
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A 26-year old male asked:
Hello Chronic sputum production started two month after TB treatment and continued . TB test are negative now Chest CT is normal , mild pleural fibrosis Sputum culture negative Sputum clear, little 1 cm, mostly after eating No other symptom?
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A 47-year old male asked:
87 yr old male, thoracentesis was done taking 300 ml fluid out. Post thoracentesis chest tube drainage was also done. Hospital ok to discharge but Chest X-ray still showing nominal left pleural effusion and small epical pneumothorax. Is it ok?
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A 37-year old asked:
What's a pleural malignancy?
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A 67-year old female asked:
What is a lower sub pleural lobe?
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A 40-year old asked:
What causes mild pleural thickening?
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A 35-year old asked:
What is a 15 mm pleural-based nodule?
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A 44-year old asked:
What does bilateral pleural thickening mean?
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A female asked:
What does right pleural reaction mean in chest x_ray?
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A 38-year old female asked:
Can a patient suffering from pleural effussion work again?
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A 37-year old asked:
Would pleurisy be classified as a pleural disease/disorder?
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A male asked:
What does right pleural reaction mean in chest x_ray result?
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