Successful treatment of hepatic hydrothorax: A case report
Rationale: Acute complications of cirrhosis can be life- threatening. One of the less common acute complications is hepatic hydrothorax whose medical management is rarely successful and is still controversial. Patient concerns: A 51-year-old patient presenting to the emergency room for a massive ple...
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| author | Mariam Jmal Maroi Dammak Olfa Chakroun-Walha Noureddine Rekik |
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| description | Rationale: Acute complications of cirrhosis can be life- threatening. One of the less common acute complications is hepatic hydrothorax whose medical management is rarely successful and is still controversial.
Patient concerns: A 51-year-old patient presenting to the emergency room for a massive pleural effusion.
Diagnosis: A hepatic hydrothorax with a placed chest tube whose removal was not possible.
Interventions: Increased doses of diuretics with a strict salt-free diet.
Outcomes: An improvement of the clinical state, with no recurrent pleural effusion up to one month.
Lessons: Medical management of hepatic hydrothorax is possible. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e5197daa95a84dda83f830cb9e56f1cb2022-12-22T01:48:53ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Acute Disease2221-61892589-55162020-01-019312612810.4103/2221-6189.283891Successful treatment of hepatic hydrothorax: A case reportMariam JmalMaroi DammakOlfa Chakroun-WalhaNoureddine RekikRationale: Acute complications of cirrhosis can be life- threatening. One of the less common acute complications is hepatic hydrothorax whose medical management is rarely successful and is still controversial. Patient concerns: A 51-year-old patient presenting to the emergency room for a massive pleural effusion. Diagnosis: A hepatic hydrothorax with a placed chest tube whose removal was not possible. Interventions: Increased doses of diuretics with a strict salt-free diet. Outcomes: An improvement of the clinical state, with no recurrent pleural effusion up to one month. Lessons: Medical management of hepatic hydrothorax is possible.http://www.jadweb.org/article.asp?issn=2221-6189;year=2020;volume=9;issue=3;spage=126;epage=128;aulast=Jmalhepatic hydrothorax; management; chest tube; medical treatment |
| spellingShingle | Mariam Jmal Maroi Dammak Olfa Chakroun-Walha Noureddine Rekik Successful treatment of hepatic hydrothorax: A case report Journal of Acute Disease hepatic hydrothorax; management; chest tube; medical treatment |
| title | Successful treatment of hepatic hydrothorax: A case report |
| title_full | Successful treatment of hepatic hydrothorax: A case report |
| title_fullStr | Successful treatment of hepatic hydrothorax: A case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Successful treatment of hepatic hydrothorax: A case report |
| title_short | Successful treatment of hepatic hydrothorax: A case report |
| title_sort | successful treatment of hepatic hydrothorax a case report |
| topic | hepatic hydrothorax; management; chest tube; medical treatment |
| url | http://www.jadweb.org/article.asp?issn=2221-6189;year=2020;volume=9;issue=3;spage=126;epage=128;aulast=Jmal |
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