PULMONARY Flashcards

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Como a cinética pode diferenciar transudative x exudative effusion?

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Transudative effusion: freely flowing in the pleural space

Exudative: stuck and loculated

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Using bedside ultrasound, how to differentiate transudative x exudative effusion?

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Homogenous black effusion means thats it’s free flowing and probably transudative
Heterogenous effusion with white septations indicates that it’s loculated and probably exudative

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