ReviewWorld journal of clinical cases2023
Pleural effusion in critically ill patients and intensive care setting.
Review in World journal of clinical cases, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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- Development and validation of an interpretable machine learning model for predicting sepsis risk in pleural effusion patients.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- Integrating structured point-of-care ultrasound into dengue fever management: A mini review and comprehensive clinical guide.World journal of critical care medicine · 2026Review
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- Effects of Thoracentesis in Patients Under Invasive Mechanical Ventilation: A Retrospective Analysis of Clinical and Paraclinical Parameters.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Peritoneal effusion as a marker of disease severity in secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: Clinical and immunological insights.SAGE open medicine · 2026Article
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- Role of interventional pulmonology in intensive care units: A scoping review.World journal of critical care medicine · 2025Review
- The Impact of Pleural Effusion on Long-Term Mortality in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Failure rate and complications of small-bore, wire-guided chest drains in adult patients presenting with traumatic and nontraumatic pleural diseases: A systematic review.Qatar medical journal · 2025Review
- Delayed neurological dysfunction following posterior laminectomy with lateral mass screw fixation: A case report and review of literature.World journal of clinical cases · 2024Article
- Ultrasound analysis of hemidiaphragm function in case of pleural effusion.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Pleural Effusion Identified by Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in Septic Shock: Impact on Clinical Outcomes.POCUS journal · 2024Article
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Abstract
Pleural effusion usually causes a diagnostic dilemma with a long list of differential diagnoses. Many studies found a high prevalence of pleural effusions in critically ill and mechanically ventilated patients, with a wide range of variable prevalence rates of up to 50%-60% in some studies. This review emphasizes the importance of pleural effusion diagnosis and management in patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). The original disease that caused pleural effusion can be the exact cause of ICU admission. There is an impairment in the pleural fluid turnover and cycling in critically ill and mechanically ventilated patients. There are also many difficulties in diagnosing pleural effusion in the ICU, including clinical, radiological, and even laboratory difficulties. These difficulties are due to unusual presentation, inability to undergo some diagnostic procedures, and heterogenous results of some of the performed tests. Pleural effusion can affect the patient's outcome and prognosis due to the hemodynamics and lung mechanics changes in these patients, who usually have frequent comorbidities. Similarly, pleural effusion drainage can modify the ICU-admitted patient's outcome. Finally, pleural effusion analysis can change the original diagnosis in some cases and redirect the management toward a different way.
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