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Hepatic Hydrothorax: An Updated Review on a Challenging Disease.
Review in Lung, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06319547 (Comparing Outcome of Thoracocentesis and Pigtail Catheter Drainage in Treatment of Patients With Hepatic Hydrothorax), which is not on this map. Cited by 16 papers.
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Comparing Outcome of Thoracocentesis and Pigtail Catheter Drainage in Treatment of Patients With Hepatic Hydrothorax
Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
- [Position paper for the standardized use of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) in adults].Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie · 2025Article
- Hepatic hydrothorax in the absence of ascites with mixed bacterial and fungal infection: a case report.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
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- Diagnosis and Management of Hepatic Hydrothorax.The Korean journal of gastroenterology = Taehan Sohwagi Hakhoe chi · 2024Review
- A case of refractory hepatic hydrothorax due to pleuroperitoneal communication successfully controlled by diaphragmatic plication and subsequent peritoneovenous shunting.Clinical journal of gastroenterology · 2024Article
- [Pulmonary Complications in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis].The Korean journal of gastroenterology = Taehan Sohwagi Hakhoe chi · 2023Review
- International survey among hepatologists and pulmonologists on the hepatic hydrothorax: plea for recommendations.BMC gastroenterology · 2023Article
- Risk factors for hepatic hydrothorax in patients with cirrhosis: a clinical retrospective study.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- Natural history and outcomes of patients with liver cirrhosis complicated by hepatic hydrothorax.World journal of gastroenterology · 2022Article
- Analysis of clinical features and prognostic factors in patients with hepatic hydrothorax: a single-center study from China.BMC gastroenterology · 2022Article
- Treating Recurrent Pleural Disease: A Review of Indications and Technique for Chemical Pleurodesis for the Interventional Radiologist.Seminars in interventional radiology · 2022Review
- Postoperative Trapped Lung After Orthotopic Liver Transplantation is a Predictor of Increased Mortality.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2022Article
- Hepatic Hydrothorax-An Independent Decompensating Event Associated with Long-Term Mortality in Patients with Cirrhosis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
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- An Unexpected Hepatic Hydrothorax After a Successful Kasai Portoenterostomy: A Case Report.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Article
- Pulmonary Dysfunction in Patients with Cirrhosis of the Liver: A Study of Pulmonary Function Tests and Arterial Blood Gases.International journal of applied & basic medical researchArticle
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Hepatic hydrothorax is a challenging complication of cirrhosis related to portal hypertension with an incidence of 5-11% and occurs most commonly in patients with decompensated disease. Diagnosis is made through thoracentesis after excluding other causes of transudative effusions. It presents with dyspnea on exertion and it is most commonly right sided. Pathophysiology is mainly related to the direct passage of fluid from the peritoneal cavity through diaphragmatic defects. In this updated literature review, we summarize the diagnosis, clinical presentation, epidemiology and pathophysiology of hepatic hydrothorax, then we discuss a common complication of hepatic hydrothorax, spontaneous bacterial pleuritis, and how to diagnose and treat this condition. Finally, we elaborate all treatment options including chest tube drainage, pleurodesis, surgical intervention, Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt and the most recent evidence on indwelling pleural catheters, discussing the available data and concluding with management recommendations.
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