Benjamin Verplanke

ORCID: 0000-0003-0474-566X
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  • Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
  • Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases
  • Amoebic Infections and Treatments
  • Tracheal and airway disorders
  • Trauma Management and Diagnosis
  • Vascular Anomalies and Treatments

New York University
2018

Mount Sinai Beth Israel
2016

Spontaneous bacterial empyema (SBE) is an under-recognized clinical entity and significant complication of cirrhosis that has a high mortality if left untreated. This case report reviews presentation recurrent hepatic hydrothorax with thoracentesis revealing this diagnosis highlights the importance treatment. A 62-year-old female history secondary to autoimmune liver disease presented acute abdominal pain, fevers, chills, dyspnea. The patient had discontinued prophylactic antibiotics her...

10.14309/00000434-201810001-02369 article EN The American Journal of Gastroenterology 2018-10-01
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