The diagnostic value of transthoracic ultrasonographic features in predicting malignancy in undiagnosed pleural effusions: A prospective observational study

Respiration

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 270-278

  Bugalho, Antonio ^a,c,d   Ferreira, Dalila ^c   Dias, Sara S ^a,b   Schuhmann, Maren ^f   Branco, Jose C ^e   Marques Gomes, Maria J ^a   Eberhardt, Ralf ^f  

^a Chronic Diseases Research Center (CEDOC)   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL PULIDO VALENTE   (Portugal)

^d Interventional Pulmonology Unit   (Portugal)

^e Hospital Beatriz Angelo   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Lung cancer; Neoplasia; Pleural effusion; Thorax; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT PLEURA EFFUSION; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONOLOGY; AIR; BODY MASS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PLEURA DISEASE; THICKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898597883     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000357266     Document Type: Article

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