ABSTRACT Background: Tracheostomy is a common procedure in intensive care unit It may potentially reduce the duration of mechanical ventilation. However, the Impact of tracheastomy timing in critically Ill patients, who are predicted to require long-term ventilatory support, on the duration of ventilator usage is still under debate. Objective: To investigate the association between trache…
A parapneumonic effusion is the collection of exudative fiuid in thepleural space associated with a concurrent pulmonary infection. Parapneumonic effusions account for approximately one-third of all effusions, and about 40% ofpatients with pneumonia develop a concomitant ejfitsion. Patients with pneumonia who develop an effusion have an increased risk of morbidity and mortality. Some of the exc…
Mediastinal tumors are tumors inside the mediastinum, i.e. the cavity between the left and right lungs. Overseas literatures suggest that the most common anterior mediastinal tumors found are lymphoma, thymoma and germ cell tumor. Thymoma accounts for 20% of mediastinal tumor and is the most common anterior mediastinal tumor reaching approximately 50% of all tumors in adults. Ninety percent of …