Biochemical and cytologic characteristics of pleural effusions secondary to pulmonary embolism

Chest

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 465-469

  Romero Candeira, Santiago ^b   Hernández Blasco, Luis ^b   Soler, Maria J ^b   Muñoz, Alejandro ^b   Aranda, Ignacio ^a  

^a Unidad multidisciplinar de Sueño   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mesothelial hyperplasia; Pleural effusion; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BLEEDING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; EPITHELIUM HYPERPLASIA; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESOTHELIUM; NEUTROPHIL; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOCENTESIS;

EID: 0036167013     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.121.2.465     Document Type: Article

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