Pleural effusions due to pulmonary embolism

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 337-342

  Porcel, José M ^a   Light, Richard W ^b  

^a HOSPITAL ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Exudate; Pleural effusion; Pleural loculation; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ANTIVITAMIN K; HEPARIN;

ALGORITHM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRESSLER SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INFARCTION; PERICARDITIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 44649113216     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e3282fcea3c     Document Type: Review

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