When the doctor listens to the patients chest with a stethoscope the sounds are normal breath and pressing on the chest rather than divulge mat sounds hollow. Diagnostic ltbrgt ltbrgt ltbrgt pleural surface. Treatment ltbrgt ltbrgt ltbrgt pleural effusion caused by heart failure or infection can usually be resolved by directing treatment to the cause however when testing is performed no diagnosis fluid and continues to build or recur doctors may recommend chest tube drainage and chemical pleurodesis. Pleurodesis chemical is a technique in which a sclerosing agent abrade used in the production of a pleural surface adhesion between the parietal and visceral pleurae. Symptoms ltbrgt ltbrgt ltbrgt as fluid volume increases shortness of breath known as quotdyspnea quot and sometimes pain ranging from mild to knife may occur. An x ray technique called lateral decubitus film may be used to detect small effusions or to allow the doctor to estimate the amount of liquid present.
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