Pleural effusion as an indicator of short term mortality in acute pulmonary embolism.

Conclusions: The present study underlined that presence of pleural effusion at the time of diagnosis in patients with massive pulmonary embolism and a high sPESI score in other patients were significant predictors of short-term mortality.
PMID: 30479225 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Tuberkuloz ve Toraks - September 1, 2018 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Olgun Yıldızeli Ş, Kasapoğlu US, Arıkan H, Çimşit C, Çimşit NÇ, Süzer Aslan M, Kocakaya D, Eryüksel E, Ceyhan B, Karakurt S Tags: Tuberk Toraks Source Type: research