Does this patient have an exudative pleural effusion? The rational clinical examination systematic review

JAMA

Volumn 311, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 3422-3431

  Wilcox, M Elizabeth ^a   Chong, Christopher A K Y ^b   Stanbrook, Matthew B ^a   Tricco, Andrea C ^c   Wong, Camilla ^d   Straus, Sharon E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b LAKERIDGE HEALTH CORPORATION   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; OXYGEN;

BLEEDING; CHEST TUBE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSPNEA; EXUDATIVE PLEURAL EFFUSION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEARNING CURVE; LUNG EDEMA; OXYGEN THERAPY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REEXPANSION PULMONARY EDEMA; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX PRESSURE; ULTRASOUND; CHEMISTRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXUDATE;

CHOLESTEROL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; HUMANS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX;

EID: 84902602803     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.5552     Document Type: Review

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