Pleural Effusion

Difficulty breathing

• Occurs when lying flat

Chest discomfort

• Sudden, intense spike of pain

• Pain radiates to shoulder, arm, neck, jaw

• Occurs or worsens with deep inspiration, Occurs or worsens with laughing, coughing or sneezing

• Severe

• Center of the chest, Left side, Right side

Cough with mucus or without mucus

• With bloody mucus

• Dry

• Production of clear-white mucus, Production of yellowish-gray mucus

Swelling in lower leg

• In both lower legs

or Swollen neck vein

or Enlarged feet or ankle

• In both feet or ankles

Abnormally rapid breathing

Fever

• Greater than or equal to 38°C (100.4°F), Less than 38°C (100.4°F)

or Weight loss

or Excessive sweating

Heart failure

Infection that inflames the air sacs in one or both lungs

Lung cancer

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

or Family history of Pulmonary Embolism

or Myocardial infarction

Kidney failure or on dialysis