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| Two membranes of body cavities |
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| parietal membrane and visceral membrane |
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| lubricant permitting the membranes to move freely over each other |
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| Effusions that result from a systemic disorder that disrupts the balance in the regulation of fluid filtration and reabsorption |
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| conditions that directly involve the membranes of the particular cavity, including infection or malignancy. |
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| excess fluid that accumulates in the pleural cavity surrounding the lungs. |
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| Significance of Pleural effusion |
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| can impair breathing by limiting the expansion of the lungs during inhalation |
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| Why does Pleural fluid accumulate |
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| changes in the hydrostatic pressure, colloidal pressure, permeability and lymphatic drainage. |
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| Causes of Pleural Effusion |
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| congestive heart failure, hypoalbuminemia, pneumonia, and carcinoma. |
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| CHF and hypoalbuminemia are systemic disorders and produce |
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| Pneumonia and carcinoma are localized and produce |
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| need for antibiotics in pneumonia |
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| confirmed when the fluid hematocrit is similar to the patient’s whole blood hematocrit |
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| presence of excessive pericardial fluid and is often confirmed using an echocardiogram. |
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| life-threatening complication, that puts pressure on the heart preventing the ventricles from filling correctly |
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| Causes of cardiac tamponade |
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| Large and rapidly accumulating effusions |
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| procedure used to remove the pericardial fluid from the pericardial cavity. |
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| relieve pressure from pericardial effusions or for diagnostic purposes revealing abnormalities such as: Cancer, Cardiac perforation, Cardiac trauma, Congestive Heart Failure, Pericarditis, and rupture of a ventricular aneurysm |
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| liquid that is made in the abdominal cavity to lubricate the surface of the tissue that lines the abdominal wall and pelvic cavity and covers most of the organs in the abdomen. |
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| typically caused by liver disease |
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| clear and pale yellow in color. |
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| indicates infection and greenish tints may be seen when bile is present |
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| Normal RBC count in ascitic fluid |
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| increased RBC count in ascitic fluid |
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| Normal WBC count in ascitic fluid |
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| increased WBC count in ascitic fluid |
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| medical procedure involving needle drainage of fluid from a body cavity, most commonly the abdomen |
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to relieve abdominal pressure from ascites
to diagnose spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and other infections (e.g. abdominal TB)
to diagnose metastatic cancer
to diagnose blood in peritoneal space in trauma |
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| Positive CA-125 with negative CEA |
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| suggests the primary site to be ovarian, fallopian tube, or endometrium. |
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| amylase, glucose, and alkaline phosphatase. Creatinine and blood urea |
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| gram stain and cultures for both aerobic and anaerobic organisms. |
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