Management of pleural effusions

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 523-531

  Light, Richard W ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Management; Pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOSE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; SCLEROSING AGENT; TALC; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TUMOR MARKER;

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LUNG EMBOLISM; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA CANCER; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA FLUID; REVIEW; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOSCOPY; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CELL COUNT; EMPYEMA; HUMANS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; PLEURODESIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 0033915658     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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