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BL
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1043956
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b798326
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Pleural disease /\ edited by Demosthenes Bouros.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Marcel Dekker, Inc.,, ©2004.
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| Series Statement
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Lung biology in health and disease ;; v. 186
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1 online resource (xxxi, 1044 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0203913523
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: 0824750993
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: 1420000470
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: 9780203913529
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: 9780824750992
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: 9781420000474
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0824740270
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Parapneumonic pleural effusions and empyema -- Postsurgical pleural infection -- Surgical management of empyema -- Malignant pleural effusions -- Pleural effusion in lung carcinoma -- Benign tumors of the pleura -- Pleurodesis -- Pleuroperitoneal shunts in malignant effusions -- Mesothelioma: benign and malignant -- Extrapleural pneumonectomy for early-stage diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma -- Benign asbestos-related pleural disease -- Pleural manifestations of interstitial lung disease -- Immunological diseases of the pleura -- Pleural effusions in blood diseases -- Pleural effusions in HIV -- Pneumothorax -- Tuberculous pleuritis -- Pleural effusions in children.
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Pleural effusions in cardiac disease -- Pleural effusions in pregnancy and gynecological diseases -- Pleural disease in the intensive care unit -- Pleural effusions in gastrointestinal tract diseases -- Pleural effusions in pulmonary embolism -- Pleural effusions secondary to fungal, nocardial, and actinomycotic infection -- Pleural effusions in parasitic infections -- Iatrogenis and rare pleural effusions -- Management of the undiagnosed persistent pleural effusion -- Hemothorax -- Chylothorax and pseudochylothorax -- The pleural space and organ transplantation -- Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in pleural fluid -- Animal models in pleural investigation.
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The history of pleural disease -- Anatomy of the pleura -- Physiology of the pleura -- Pathophysiology of the pleura -- Respiratory function in pleural effusion -- Imaging the pleura -- The role of ultrasonography in the evaluation of pleural diseases -- Pleural thoracentesis and biopsy -- Chest tubes -- Pleural lavage as a diagnostic and research tool -- Medical thorascoscopy -- Diagnostic video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in pleural disease -- Therapeutic use of thoracoscopy for pleural diseases -- Discrimination between transudative and exudative pleural effusions: evaluating diagnostic tests in the pleural space -- Differentiating between benign and malignant pleural effusions -- Clinical evaluation of the patient with a pleural effusion -- Transudate pleural effusions -- Interventional radiology of pleural disease -- Drug-induced pleural diseases.
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| Abstract
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Nearly a quarter of clinical consultations of a pulmonary service concern some form of pleural disease, often related to infection of the pleura, a delicate serous membrane along the surface of the lung. Aiming for comprehensivity, Bouros (pneumonology, Demokritos U. of Thrace Medical School) presen.
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Pleura-- Diseases.
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Pleura.
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Pleural Diseases.
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Thoracoscopy.
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HEALTH FITNESS-- Diseases-- Respiratory.
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MEDICAL-- Pulmonary Thoracic Medicine.
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Pleura-- Diseases.
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Plèvre-- Maladies.
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Maladies de la plèvre.
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| Dewey Classification
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616.25
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| LC Classification
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RC751.P448 2004eb
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W1LU62 v.186 2004
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WF 700P7266 2004
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| Added Entry
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Bouros, Demosthenes.
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