Standard diuretic therapy within GDMT yielded comparable outcomes to pleural drainage in elderly acute heart failure with moderate pleural effusion.
Heart Failure Fluid Buildup: One Treatment May Be Enough
This retrospective observational cohort study of 514 elderly acute heart failure patients with moderate pleural effusion in China found that…
For many older heart failure patients, standard medication alone may be just as effective as a procedure to drain fluid from the lungs, pote…
5-factor frailty index predicts postoperative pulmonary infection but not pneumothorax or effusion after lung resection
A Simple 5-Question Score Predicts Your Biggest Risk After Lung Surgery
This retrospective cohort study evaluated 391 patients undergoing lung resection to assess the association between 5-factor modified frailty…
A fast health check you can do in a clinic is surprisingly good at spotting who needs extra protection from infections after major lung surg…