Clinical Implications of Appearance of Pleural Fluid at Thoracentesis

Chest

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 156-159

  Villena, Victoria ^a   López Encuentra, Angel ^a   García Luján, Ricardo ^a   Echave Sustaeta, José ^a   Martínez, Carlos José Álvarez ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bloody appearance; Malignant pleural effusion; Pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

GLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BENIGN TUMOR; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INJURY; LIQUID; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NEOPLASM; PANCREAS DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACOCENTESIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 1642452884     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.125.1.156     Document Type: Article

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