Pleural effusions: Evaluation and management

REVIEW. JOS C. YATACO, MD RAED A. DWEIK, MD. Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Director, Pulmonary Vascular Program, Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Department of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Pleural effusions: Evaluation and management A B S T R AC T can cause Pleural effu- M sions, including diseases ANY CONDITIONS. that are local Pleural effusions are very common, and physicians of all (in the lungs or pleura), extrapulmonic, or sys- specialties encounter them. A Pleural effusion represents temic. In many cases the cause is a chronic the disruption of the normal mechanisms of formation condition for which the patient is already and drainage of fluid from the Pleural space.

Jun 05, 2012 · Evaluation and management REVIEW ABSTRACT Pleural effusions are very common, and physicians of all specialties encounter them.A pleural effusion represents the disruption of the normal mechanisms of formation and drainage of fluid from the pleural space.A rational diagnostic workup, emphasizing the most common

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