BACKGROUND Multiloculated pleural effusion is a life-threatening condition that needs early recognition. Drainage by chest tube might be difficult which necessitates a surgical intervention. While x-ray typically does not show loculations, CT scan might not also identify the loculations. Ultrasound has a high sensitivity in detecting pleural diseases including multiloculated pleural effusion. ...

Idiopathic pneumomediastinum is rare in children. Few cases of patients with pneumomediastinum show negative findings on X-ray examination. Chest computed tomography (CT) was very useful for the diagnosis and evaluation of the extent of pneumomediastinum. We report here a case of idiopathic pneumomediastinum in a 15-year-old boy who exhibited no significant chest X-ray finding. The patient was ...

Current differential based wide area protection (WAP) has recently been proposed as a technique to increase the reliability of protection systems. It increases system stability and can prevent large contingencies such as cascading outages and blackouts. This paper describes how power differential protection (PDP) can be used within a WAP and shows that the algorithm operates correctly for a...

this paper is a report on the synthesis of the fe3o4@ag core-shell with high saturation magnetization of magnetite nanoparticles as the core, by using polyol route and silver shell by chemical reduction. x-ray diffraction (xrd) and fourier transform infrared spectroscopy analyses confirmed that the particles so produced were monophase. the magnetic properties of the product were investigated by...

Introduction: Robust data of LDH (Lactate dehydrogenase) is available in bacterial infection, and it can be utilized this COVID-19 Pneumonia pandemic for initial assessment, planning treatment indoor setting association with HRCT severity. Methods: Prospective, observational, 12 weeks follow up study, included 2000 COVID-19cases confirmed RT PCR. All cases were assessed lung involvement documen...

Departments of 1. Radiology and 2. Pneumology ASZ Aalst, Aalst, Department of 3. Radiology UZ Gent, Ghent, Belgium Background: A 38-year-old male with no medical history complains about hemoptysis, chest pain, dyspnea on exertion and a cough. He has a history of occasional smoking, but had quitted smoking 1 year previously. There is a normal saturation and normal spirometry. Clinical examinatio...

The case of a 65 years old lady, diabetic, hypertensive, reduced functional class with history of episodic dyspnoea lasting for few weeks for the last two years. On presentation she was tachypnoiec with reduced oxygen saturation. Jugular venous distension was present with bibasal crackles. Her ECG was normal. Echocardiogram revealed, dilated right sided chambers with right ventricular systolic ...

A morbidly obese woman presented with exertional dyspnoea and leg swelling. Past medical history included deep venous thrombosis and atrial fibrillation. Arterial blood gases demonstrated chronic respiratory acidosis and type 2 respiratory failure. Further evaluation consisted of spirometry (restrictive defect), Epworth scoring, overnight pulse oximetry (median oxygen saturation 68%) and echoca...

BACKGROUND Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BDP) is an incurable disease. This study reports the successful treatment of a 30-week-old neonate with established bronchopulmonary dysplasia by bone marrow mononuclear cells (BM MNCs) transplantation. CASE REPORT The preterm infant with BPD requiring continuous oxygen administration for 4 months post-delivery underwent BM MNCs. Bone marrow was obtained f...