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A 49-Year-Old Woman With Persistent Bilateral Pleural Effusions.
- Source :
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Chest [Chest] 2021 Sep; Vol. 160 (3), pp. e273-e278. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Case Presentation: A 49-year-old woman presented to the ED with sudden onset abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. Her medical history included an uncomplicated gastric lap band surgery 9 years ago and subsequent removal of lap band after 6 years. She had a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and cholecystectomy 5 months prior to the current presentation. The patient had been diagnosed with asthma and was prescribed an inhaled corticosteroid that she used only as needed. The patient denied smoking and heavy alcohol consumption. She was currently employed as a scrub technician in a local surgical center.<br /> (Copyright © 2021 American College of Chest Physicians. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
- Subjects :
- Catheters, Indwelling
Diagnosis, Differential
Dyspnea diagnosis
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Physical Examination methods
Radiography, Thoracic methods
Recurrence
Treatment Outcome
Chylothorax diagnosis
Chylothorax etiology
Chylothorax physiopathology
Chylothorax therapy
Lymphedema diagnosis
Lymphedema etiology
Lymphography methods
Pleural Effusion diagnosis
Pleural Effusion etiology
Pleural Effusion physiopathology
Pleural Effusion therapy
Pleurodesis methods
Thoracentesis methods
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted instrumentation
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted methods
Yellow Nail Syndrome complications
Yellow Nail Syndrome diagnosis
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1931-3543
- Volume :
- 160
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Chest
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 34488967
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2021.04.022