Usefulness of Ultrasonography in Predicting Pleural Effusions > 500 mL in Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation
Keywords: chest drainage; ICU; mechanical ventilation; pleural effusion; ultrasonography; Fio2; fraction of inspired oxygen; LD; lung-diaphragm distance; PLDbase; distance between the lung and posterior chest wall at the lung base; PLD5; distance between lung and p