Pleural disease. (©2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Demosthenes Bouros.
• Other Names: Bouros, Demosthenes
• Contents: 1. Physiology of the pleura / Sotirios Zarogiannis and Kostas I. Gourgoulianis -- 2. Pathophysiology of the pleura / Veena B. Antony -- 3. Respiratory function in pleural effusion / Ioanna Mitrouska and Dimitris Georgopoulos -- 4. Imaging of the pleura / Theresa C. McLoud, Gerald F. Abbott, and Katerina Malagari -- 5. Ultrasonography of the pleura / Ok-Hwa Kim and Kyung Joo Park -- 6. Diagnostic thoracocentesis and biopsy / Andreas Diacon and Chris Bolliger -- 7. Chest tubes / Demondes Haynes and Michael H. Baumann -- 8. Interventional radiology of pleural disease / Johny A. Verschakelen -- 9. Medical thoracoscopy / Philippe Astoul -- 10. Therapeutic use of thoracoscopy for pleural diseases / Pierre-Emmanuel Falcoz, Pascal Thomas, and Gilbert Massard -- 11. Pleurodesis / Francisco Rodriguez-Panadero -- 12. Translational research in pleural diseases / Georgios T. Stathopoulos, Joost P.J.J. Hegmans, and Y.C. Gary Lee -- 13. Clinical evaluation of the patient with a pleural effusion / Steven A. Sahn -- 14. Discrimination between transudative and exudative pleural effusions : evaluating diagnostic tests in the pleural space / John E. Heffner -- 15. Transudative pleural effusions / Udaya B.S. Prakash -- 16. Management of the undiagnosed persistent pleural effusion / Richard W. Light -- 17. Drug-induced pleural involvement / Philippe Camus, Clio Camus, and Philippe Bonniaud -- 18. Parapneumonic pleural effusions and empyema / Demosthenes Bouros -- 19. Medical thoracoscopy in the management of parapneumonic pleural effusions and empyema / Gian Franco Tassi and Gian Pietro Marchetti -- 20. Postsurgical pleural infection / Lesek Purek, Marc Licker, and Jean Marie Tschopp -- 21. Surgical management of empyema / Dean M. Donahue and Douglas J. Mathisen -- 22. Tuberculous pleuritis / Biswajit Chakrabarti and Peter D.O. Davies -- 23. Pleural effusions secondary to fungal, nocardial, and actinomycotic infection / Mark Woodhead and Iain Crossingham -- 24. Malignant pleural effusions / Steven A. Sahn.
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: New York : Informa Healthcare
• Publication Date: 2010
• Copyright Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (xix, 843 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 616.2/5; Pleura -- Diseases; Pleural Diseases; Pleura; Thoracoscopy; MEDICAL -- Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Respiratory; Pleura -- Diseases; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781420077391; 1420077392
• Related ISBNs: 9781420077384; 1420077384
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.