Pleural effusion in critically ill patients and intensive care setting

作     者：Adel Salah Bediwy Mohammed Al-Biltagi Nermin Kamal Saeed Hosameldin A Bediwy Reem Elbeltagi 

作者机构：Department of Chest DiseasesFaculty of MedicineTanta UniversityTanta 31527AlgharbiaEgypt Department of Chest DiseasesUniversity Medical CenterArabian Gulf UniversityDr.Sulaiman Al Habib Medical GroupManama 26671Bahrain Department of PediatricFaculty of MedicineTanta UniversityTanta 31527AlgharbiaEgypt Department of PediatricUniversity Medical CenterKing Abdulla Medical CityArabian Gulf UniversityDr.Sulaiman Al Habib Medical GroupManama 26671Bahrain Medical Microbiology SectionChairperson of the Pathology DepartmentSalmaniya Medical ComplexMinistry of HealthKingdom of BahrainManama 26671Bahrain Microbiology SectionPathology DepartmentRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland-BahrainBusiateen 15503MuharraqBahrain Faculty of MedicineTanta UniversityTanta 31527AlgharbiaEgypt Department of MedicineRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland-BahrainBusaiteen 15503MuharraqBahrain 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Clinical Cases》 (世界临床病例杂志)

年 卷 期：2023年第11卷第5期

页      面：989-999页

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学科分类：100218[医学-急诊医学] 1002[医学-临床医学] 1010[医学-医学技术（可授医学、理学学位）] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Pleural effusion Intensive care unit Mechanical ventilation Diagnosis Drainage Pigtail catheters 

摘      要：Pleural effusion usually causes a diagnostic dilemma with a long list of differential *** 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 *** 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 *** is an impairment in the pleural fluid turnover and cycling in critically ill and mechanically ventilated *** are also many difficulties in diagnosing pleural effusion in the ICU,including clinical,radiological,and even laboratory *** difficulties are due to unusual presentation,inability to undergo some diagnostic procedures,and heterogenous results of some of the performed *** effusion can affect the patient’s outcome and prognosis due to the hemodynamics and lung mechanics changes in these patients,who usually have frequent ***,pleural effusion drainage can modify the ICUadmitted patient’s ***,pleural effusion analysis can change the original diagnosis in some cases and redirect the management toward a different way.