Hieba Gamal Ezzelregal
Ain shams university, Egypt
Title: Assessment of diaphragmatic role in dyspneic patients with pleural effusion
Biography
Biography: Hieba Gamal Ezzelregal
Abstract
Statement of the Problem: investigating the role that changes in the diaphragmatic shape and movement play in the development of dyspnea in patients with pleural effusion. As Dyspnea that is caused by pleural effusion and affects patients’ quality of life may not be resolved after lung expansion following pleural tapping. Thirty patients with pleural effusions and dyspnea were evaluated before and at 24 h after therapeutic thoracentesis. The primary outcomes are to investigate changes in diaphragmatic shape and movement before and after thoracentesis by chest ultrasound to evaluate factors causing effusion-related dyspnoea, while the secondary outcomes are firstly to investigate the effect of pleural effusion on the cardiorespiratory, functional, and diaphragmatic variables in causing dyspnea and secondly to detect the percentages and demographics of patients who experience post-drainage dyspnea improvement.