Pleural disease. (2004)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Demosthenes Bouros.
• Other Names: Bouros, Demosthenes
• Contents: 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. 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. 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.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2004
• Extent: 1 online resource (1088 pages), (166 illustrations)
• Subjects: 616.2/5; Pleura -- Diseases; Pleura -- Diseases -- Diagnosis; Pleura -- Diseases -- Treatment; Pleural Diseases; Pleura; Thoracoscopy; Maladies de la plèvre; Plèvre -- Maladies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781420000474; 1420000470
• 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.