The trans-exudative pleural effusion

Chest

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1503-1505

  Mitrouska, Ioanna ^a   Bouros, Demosthenes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; DIGITALIS; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DIURETIC THERAPY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG CAPILLARY; ONCOTIC PRESSURE; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THORACOCENTESIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0036436272     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.122.5.1503     Document Type: Article

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