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Complications of pleural effusion can result from the disease itself or from complication of treatment procedure | Complications of pleural effusion can result from the disease itself or from complication of treatment procedure. | ||
*Pleural fluid can be secondarily infected and may turn into an [[abscess]] or [[empyema]], which will need to be drained with a chest tube. | *Pleural fluid can be secondarily infected and may turn into an [[abscess]] or [[empyema]], which will need to be drained with a chest tube. | ||
*[[Pneumothorax]] can be a complication of [[thoracentesis]] procedure. | *[[Pneumothorax]] can be a complication of [[thoracentesis]] procedure. | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Prince Tano Djan, BSc, MBChB [2]
Overview
Natural History
Complications
Complications of pleural effusion can result from the disease itself or from complication of treatment procedure.
- Pleural fluid can be secondarily infected and may turn into an abscess or empyema, which will need to be drained with a chest tube.
- Pneumothorax can be a complication of thoracentesis procedure.
- Reexpansion pulmonary edema as a complication of therapeutic thoracentesis[1]
- Postcardiac injury syndrome (PCIS)[2][3][4]
- A general term for fever and pleuropericardial disease days or months after cardiac injury (myocardial infarction or surgery).
- Typically present two to three weeks post op.
- Chest pain
- Pericardial rub
- Fever
- Leukocytosis
- Elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
- Variable combinations of pulmonary effusions and infiltrates.
Prognosis
The expected outcome depends upon the underlying disease.
References
- ↑ Doelken P, Huggins JT, Pastis NJ, Sahn SA (2004). "Pleural manometry: technique and clinical implications". Chest. 126 (6): 1764–9. doi:10.1378/chest.126.6.1764. PMID 15596671.
- ↑ Namba R, Yamamoto Y, Nawa T, Endo K (2009). "[A case of postcardiac injury syndrome with repeated pleuritis after blunt chest trauma]". Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai Zasshi. 47 (12): 1161–5. PMID 20058698.
- ↑ Remetz MS, Cleman MW, Cabin HS (1989). "Pulmonary and pleural complications of cardiac disease". Clin Chest Med. 10 (4): 545–92. PMID 2689066.
- ↑ Stelzner TJ, King TE, Antony VB, Sahn SA (1983). "The pleuropulmonary manifestations of the postcardiac injury syndrome". Chest. 84 (4): 383–7. PMID 6617272.