Not exact matches
Clinical
signs of DCM in the IWH are most commonly the result of pleural
effusion: accumulation of fluid in the chest cavity.
The ability to recognize potential history and clinical
signs consistent with pericardial
effusion can greatly improve the technician's triage skills.
It is very important, especially for veterinary technicians in emergency care facilities, to be able to recognize the
signs of pericardial
effusion and quickly respond.
Table 1 lists cardiac
signs that may be noted upon physical examination of patients with pericardial
effusion.
Thoracic radiographs can also identify
signs of right - sided heart failure, in particular pleural
effusion with will be seen as rim of fluid opacity surrounding the lungs and, if severe enough, will make the lungs and heart very difficult to see.
These
signs occur when fluid accumulates in lung tissue (pulmonary edema) or around the lungs (pleural
effusion) secondary to elevation of left atrial pressure.
CKCS were therefore further subdivided into two groups based on age and presence or absence of SM: the CM / SM group which comprised eighteen individuals under the age of 2 years with SM, all of which presented with clinical
signs related to syringomyelia, and thirteen individuals over the age of 5 years with CM but without SM (the CM group), which presented for various reasons including idiopathic epilepsy (n = 4), intervertebral disc disease (n = 3), otitis media with
effusion (n = 2), MR imaging screening programme for breeding (n = 3) and facial nerve paralysis (n = 2).