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ArticleBMJ case reports2021

Tension hydrothorax in a patient with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonitis and pleural

Mohsin F Butt, Maggie Symonds, Ruhaid Khurram

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 40% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mohsin F ButtDepartment of Radiology, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0859-6470
Maggie SymondsDepartment of Radiology, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Ruhaid KhurramDepartment of Radiology, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK ruhaidk@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6987-6698
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust · GBQueen Mary University of London · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unilateral pleural effusions are uncommonly reported in patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonitis. Herein, we report a case of a 42-year-old woman who presented to hospital with worsening dyspnoea on a background of a 2-week history of typical SARS-CoV-2 symptoms. On admission to the emergency department, the patient was severely hypoxic and hypotensive. A chest radiograph demonstrated a large left-sided pleural effusion with associated contralateral mediastinal shift (tension hydrothorax) and typical SARS-CoV-2 changes within the right lung. She was treated with thoracocentesis in which 2 L of serosanguinous, lymphocyte-rich fluid was drained from the left lung pleura. Following incubation, the pleural aspirate sample tested positive for

Indexed as

COVID-19HydrothoraxMycobacterium tuberculosisPleural EffusionPneumoniaAdultFemaleHumansPleuraSARS-CoV-2COVID-19respiratory medicineTB and other respiratory infections

Identifiers

PMID34312137
PMCPMC8314728
OpenAlexW3185696906

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