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Suggest Treatment For Collapsed Lungs And Elevated Heart Rate

my sister was admitted to hospital in australia this week with collasped lungs, not air around lungs but fluid, and fast heart rate (200 bpm) shes on a cardiac ward, and some of her drugs she is taking are lasix, digoxin, warfarin, antibiotics, they were going to drain her lung but decided to wait 4 days i suppose to see if drugs make any difference, can you tell me why this happens?
Tue, 16 Aug 2016
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Hi welcome to HCM...

According to history it is pleural effusion ...

So doctors want to treat it with medication if patient respond ...

You have not mentioned underlying etiology ...

This could be from cardiac failure (as diuretic and digoxin given ) or pneumonia like infection (as antibiotic given )....

You might have investigated with chest x ray and EKG for that ...

If medicine can't reduce effuse fluid than drainage done subcutaneously and fluid sent for cytology examination....

Take care

Follow doctor advise ...Pulmonologist will be good one for this case
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Suggest Treatment For Collapsed Lungs And Elevated Heart Rate

Hi welcome to HCM... According to history it is pleural effusion ... So doctors want to treat it with medication if patient respond ... You have not mentioned underlying etiology ... This could be from cardiac failure (as diuretic and digoxin given ) or pneumonia like infection (as antibiotic given ).... You might have investigated with chest x ray and EKG for that ... If medicine can t reduce effuse fluid than drainage done subcutaneously and fluid sent for cytology examination.... Take care Follow doctor advise ...Pulmonologist will be good one for this case