Emergency Medicine: Open Access
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Clara Pintossi

Publications

• Case Report
  A "Sweet" Pleural Effusion
  Author(s): Clara Pintossi, Mariateresa Castellini, Alice Comaglio, Massimo Salvetti and Maria Lorenza Muiesan Clara Pintossi, Mariateresa Castellini, Alice Comaglio, Massimo Salvetti and Maria Lorenza Muiesan
  
  Pleuroperitoneal leak should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a pleural effusion, expecially in patients on peritoneal dialysis. The existence of a pleuro-peritoneal leak is demonstrated by pleural fluid analysis: a transudate with high glucose content similar to the dialysate, together with a normal concomitant blood glucose concentration. Treatments for dialysate leaks include a variety of approaches, depending on the severity of symptoms and signs. We report the case of a 77 year old woman treated with automated peritoneal dialysis since 10 years due to chronic renal failure in polycystic kidney, presenting to the hospital with progressively worsening dyspnea, due to a non-conventional pleural effusion. .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7548.1000323

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