عنوان

Pleural disease /

(Number (ISBN

0203913523

(Number (ISBN

0824750993

(Number (ISBN

1420000470

(Number (ISBN

9780203913529

(Number (ISBN

9780824750992

(Number (ISBN

9781420000474

Erroneous ISBN

0824740270

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b798326

Title Proper

Pleural disease /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Demosthenes Bouros.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Marcel Dekker, Inc.,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2004.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xxxi, 1044 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations

Series Title

Lung biology in health and disease ;

Volume Designation

v. 186

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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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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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OverDrive, Inc.

Title

Pleural disease.

International Standard Book Number

0824740270

Pleura-- Diseases.

Pleura.

Pleural Diseases.

Thoracoscopy.

HEALTH & FITNESS-- Diseases-- Respiratory.

Maladies de la plèvre.

MEDICAL-- Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine.

Pleura-- Diseases.

Plèvre-- Maladies.

HEA-- 039120

MED-- 079000

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Bouros, Demosthenes.

Date of Transaction

20201207105516.0

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[Book]

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