A nice review on how to diagnose and treat: https://t.co/DQ1BV2CoGy #foamed #meded #MedTwitter #echofirst #lungpocus
Pleural effusion: diagnosis, treatment, and management https://t.co/kmZ8gpS7hW
Pleural effusion: diagnosis, treatment, and management https://t.co/BHzdbtK71y
Pleural effusion: diagnosis, treatment, and management https://t.co/4eAi5XfDD0
@jbmullholand @ATSCritCare @accpchest @yifuding Or you could look at the travel history, and ask if she has something like TB (as people above discussed), or a hepatic amoebic abscess, which causes a sympathetic pleural effusion. (https://t.co/QTdAcT2cw0
@palettala @NestlerQODay @YouTube To work up a pleural effusion, establish a differential based on whether the fluid is transudative (i.e. CHF, nephrotic syndrome) vs. exudative (i.e. infection, malignancy), then select and interpret labs based on possible
RT @medrants: Recently saw a patient with chronic (over 1 year) pleural effusion. This article seems comprehensive. https://t.co/L43Z6wvC…
RT @medrants: Recently saw a patient with chronic (over 1 year) pleural effusion. This article seems comprehensive. https://t.co/L43Z6wvC…
RT @medrants: Recently saw a patient with chronic (over 1 year) pleural effusion. This article seems comprehensive. https://t.co/L43Z6wvC…
RT @medrants: Recently saw a patient with chronic (over 1 year) pleural effusion. This article seems comprehensive. https://t.co/L43Z6wvC…
Recently saw a patient with chronic (over 1 year) pleural effusion. This article seems comprehensive. https://t.co/L43Z6wvCfd Effusion is exudate, elevated WBC with lymphocytic predominance. Classic IM diagnostic problem #5goodminutes #KashlakChief @the