Pleural effusions

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1055-1070

  Light, Richard W ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Empyema; Malignant pleural effusion; Parapneumonic effusion; Pleura; Pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; CLOZAPINE; DANTROLENE; ERGOT ALKALOID; INTERLEUKIN 2; METHOTREXATE; NITROFURANTOIN; PROCARBAZINE;

BRONCHOSCOPY; CHYLOTHORAX; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMPYEMA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THORACOCENTESIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

BRONCHOSCOPY; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; PLEURODESIS; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 82455172283     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: 15579859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2011.08.005     Document Type: Review

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