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11-01-2016, 10:14 AM
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Thoracentesis To Remove Pleural Fluid
Thoracentesis is a procedure to remove fluid from the space between the lungs and the chest wall called the pleural space. It is done with a needle (and sometimes a plastic catheter) inserted through the chest wall. |
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11-02-2016, 02:10 AM
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Re: Thoracentesis To Remove Pleural Fluid
Holy crap, he must feel so much better now. Was he in a car accident, or something?  |
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11-02-2016, 01:30 PM
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Re: Thoracentesis To Remove Pleural Fluid
Glad she showed him what it looked like  |
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11-02-2016, 03:13 PM
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Re: Thoracentesis To Remove Pleural Fluid
If something that like ever happened to me, I'm such a wimp, I would tell the tech "Either knock me out or put away the needle!"
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11-03-2016, 04:47 AM
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Re: Thoracentesis To Remove Pleural Fluid
I worry I may need this someday. (maybe soon) 2008 i was Dx with Cirrhosis. (I'm 6 years+ sober now.) Last month after an ultrasound due to me having pain in my upperleft quadrant, they Dx me with Fatty liver disease and Hepatosplenomegaly. (enlarged liver and spleen) Not sure how it's all gonna go about from here.. But at least I don't feel like drinking..   |
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11-03-2016, 04:49 AM
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Re: Thoracentesis To Remove Pleural Fluid
Well.. guy in your post was due to lungs.. I was thinking of Ascites and paracentesis... like this.. |
