Pleural Fluid Analysis

It results when one or both of these gas-exchanging functions are inadequate . It is not a disease but a symptom of an underlying pathology affecting lung tissue function, 02 delivery, cardiac output, or the baseline metabolic state. It is a condition that occurs because of one or more diseases involving the lungs or other body systems. Symptoms of this is hypoexia and hypercapnia.

Lungs – Mucus plugging, chronic bacterial infections, pronounced inflammatory response, damaged airways leading to respiratory insufficiency, progressive decline in pulmonary function.

When CHF starts to become worse, fluid can start to fill up in a person’s lungs and sometimes even throughout a person’s body. The fluid could cause a person to feel out of breath even while resting, swelling in the legs, ankles, or feet, weight gain, feeling bloated, and coughing, wheezing, and having to use the bathroom more at night. There is also a possibility that CHF can happen all of a sudden. When it starts to happen, it is called sudden heart failure. It will eventually cause congestion from fluid building up in the lungs. Symptoms can start to happen by having severe shortness of breath, an irregular or maybe even a fast heart beat and it may even cause coughing up foamy, pink mucus (Heart-Failure

In this case will the early fluid loss the extracellular compartment is likely to be affected. (VanMeter, Hubert p 20)

Hemothorax is a type of pleural effusion in which blood accumulates in the pleural space. The excess fluid can interfere with normal breathing by limiting expansion of the lungs.

The presence of fluid in the alveolar space could potentially cause the lung capacity to be effected as well.

Pt received AP diameter X-ray to confirm tube placement and to see if there were any kind of infiltrates because of possible aspiration and to eliminate possible pneumothorax and pleural effusion. Findings included mild patchy infiltrates in the right upper to middle lobes. The left lower lobe also has some similar findings but less concerning. This may either be due to lung infection or pulmonary

Oedema, also known as dropsy, is one of the dysfunctions and this is when there is too much fluid retention in the body. In other words, the accumulation of fluids causes the tissue to be swollen. The swelling can take place in one specific area of the body and it usually results in particular health conditions, for example heart failure and kidney failure. The reason why it can cause heart

Pleural effusion is the accumulation of fluid in the pleural space. This may lead to the accumulation of fibrous tissue and the fluid will move towards the dependant area and collapse the adjacent lung.

The human body needs fluid in order to live, but sometimes the body can become overloaded with fluid in different areas of the body. In such circumstances, the excess fluid has to be removed. When the space between the chest wall and the lungs, called the pleural space, fills with too much fluid, a thoracentesis is necessary. A thoracentesis is a procedure that is used to relieve the pleural effusion, or

1. Patient has an ineffective airway clearance r/t excessive mucus aeb crackles in the lower lobe.

Pulmonary: Respirations unlabored. Symmetrical chest expansion. Clear to auscultation bilaterally. No rales, rhonchi, wheezing or diminished breath sounds noted.

A hemothorax is a collection of blood in the space between the chest wall and the lung. The medical term for this space is the pleural cavity. It is also called the pleural space. The most common cause for this condition is a chest injury. It can also happen from:

Now lets look a tension pneumothorax. A tension pneumothorax is when airs builds up in the pleural space [from a chest injury allowing air to enter but not get out] and cause the lungs to compress and decrease return blood flow to the heart causing shock. Tension pneumothorax is a serious and potential deadly condition that can sometimes be controlled by placing a coated trama pad over the hole to control air going in. Another procedure called needle decompression can be done by ALS providers.

Understanding what the human body undergoes when pleural effusions are present is important to truly prevent the recurrence of disease. Basically an increase in hydrostatic pressure causes pleural fluid accumulation. A decrease in colloid osmotic pressure