Pleural effusion: A structured approach to care

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 72, Issue , 2004, Pages 31-47

  Rahman, Najib M ^a   Chapman, Stephen J ^a   Davies, Robert J O ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; AMINOPENICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; STREPTOKINASE; TALC; TETRACYCLINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANAMNESIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CELL COUNT; CHYLOTHORAX; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMPYEMA; FEVER; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; MESOTHELIOMA; METASTASIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PH; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHYLOTHORAX; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MESOTHELIOMA; NEOPLASMS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 19044398467     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldh040     Document Type: Review

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