Appropriate management includes chest tube drainage (tube thoracostomy). Treatment of empyemas includes antibiotics, complete pleural fluid drainage, and reexpansion of the lung. Other treatments ...

With the dreaded USMLE Step 1 now always around the corner -- it's now given 6 days a week, every week! -- the test has become a popular topic of questions on Medscape Med Students' discussion boards.

Dr Bierma-Zeinstra, Department of General Practice, Erasmus University, Room Ff 320, Postbox 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, the Netherlands OBJECTIVE To study the prevalence of ultrasonic hip joint effusion ...

The autopsy report indicates that her condition deteriorated rapidly. Despite her persistent pain and troubling symptoms, Omnicare Medical discharged her on October 22, initially diagnosing her with ...

Among these, joint manifestations are only rarely encountered. Patients sometimes feel transient arthralgias, but the development of synovial effusion is exceptionally reported. We described the case ...

According to the autopsy report, Wambui's complications progressed rapidly. Despite persistent pain and other troubling symptoms, she was discharged from Omnicare Medical on October 22, after being ...

You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways. Malignant effusions result predominantly from obstruction and disruption of lymphatic channels ...

In some cases, too much fluid builds up between the layers. This is called a pericardial effusion. When this happens, the heart has trouble functioning correctly. A pericardial window is one method of ...