ULTRASOUND FOR IDENTIFICATION OF PLEURAL FLUID IN PNEUMONIA

Ultrasound for identification of pleural fluid in pneumonia

It can be difficult to definitively differentiate between pleural effusion and empyema versus infiltrate alone on plain chest radiographs of patients.However, this is a clinically important distinction that drives optimal therapy, as large fluid collections are unlikely to resolve with antibiotic therapy alone and usually require drainage.Case repo

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Pathologic Complete Response Prediction after Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Therapy for Rectal Cancer Using Radiomics and Deep Embedding Network of MRI

Assessment of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) after neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy (nCRT) is essential in rectal cancer staging and treatment planning.However, when predicting the pathologic complete response (pCR) after nCRT for rectal cancer, existing works either rely on simple quantitative evaluation based on radiomics features or partiall

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Nosocomial pneumonia in critically ill patients

The care of critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) is a primary component of modern medicine.ICUs create potential for recovery in patients who otherwise may not have survived.However, they may suffer from problems associated with of nosocomial infections.Nosocomial infections are those which manifest in patients 48 hours after ad

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