Hepatic hydrothorax - How would you manage it?

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 440-442

  Al sharif, Hassan ^a   Sharma, Sat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hepatic hydrothorax; Liver failure; Transudative pleural effusions

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; DIURETIC AGENT; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANKLE EDEMA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; JAUNDICE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER HYDROTHORAX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; THORACOCENTESIS;

EID: 30944462397     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2005/847621     Document Type: Review

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