Case report pleuroperitoneal leak: an unusual cause of acute shortness of breath in a peritoneal dialysis patient

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• who: D. P., Ramaema and P., Mpikashe from the Division of Radiation Medicine, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Private Bag Box, Congella, Durban, South Africa have published the research work: Case Report Pleuroperitoneal Leak: An Unusual Cause of Acute Shortness of Breath in a Peritoneal Dialysis Patient, in the Journal: (JOURNAL) of 26/05/2014
• what: Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients presenting with acute shortness of breath and/or recurrent unilateral pleural effusion should be investigated with peritoneal scintigraphy to exclude pleuroperitoneal leak.
• how: Several radiopharmaceuticals can be . . .
  

   

  

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