During the study period, 9,680 subjects had complicated pneumonia. Subjects were excluded if they did not have a pleural drainage procedure (n = 5798), or if thoracentesis was the first pleural fluid ...

Fetal pleural effusion is the abnormal build-up of fluid in the chest of an unborn baby, which can cause pressure on the lungs and heart. A pleuro-amniotic shunt is a tube inserted between the chest ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SEATTLE — Digital pleural drainage devices did not significantly reduce the time of chest tube drainage or ...

Unlike current approaches that require frequent outpatient drainage through an externalized catheter or prolonged hospitalization for invasive pleurodesis procedures, Pleural Dynamics' Automatic ...

US-based device start-up Pleural Dynamics has treated the first patient in a clinical trial evaluating its fully implantable automatic effusion shunt for patients with pleural effusions, a buildup of ...

Objective: To determine the comparative effectiveness of common pleural drainage procedures for treatment of pneumonia complicated by parapneumonic effusion (ie, complicated pneumonia). Design: ...