Signs and symptoms of an effusion vary depending on the underlying disease, but dyspnea, cough, and pleuritic chest pain are common. Chest examination of a patient with pleural effusion is notable for dullness to percussion, decreased or absent tactile fremitus, decreased breath sounds, and no voice transmission.
Medical Definition of velamentous insertion. : attachment of the umbilical cord to the chorion beyond the margin of the placenta.
24. An example of a nonvascular interventional procedure is: nephrostomy. thrombolysis. stent placement. embolization of a vessel. nephrostomy. 25. The term that refers to a malignant disease characterized by excessive increase in abnormal white blood cells formed in the bone marrow is: leukemia. hemorrhage.