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Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment
Pleural Effusion
Sections: Key Features, Essentials of Diagnosis, General Considerations, Clinical Findings, Symptoms and Signs, Differential Diagnosis, Diagnosis, Laboratory Tests, Imaging Studies, Diagnostic Procedures, Treatment, Medications, Surgery, Therapeutic Procedures, Transudative effusions, Malignant effusions, Parapneumonic effusions, Hemothorax, Outcome, Follow-Up, Complications, Prognosis, When to Refer, When to Admit, References,
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Topics Discussed: pleural effusion; pleural effusion, exudative; pleural effusion, transudative.
Excerpt: | |  Treatment is directed at the underlying cause
Therapeutic thoracentesis may offer only transient relief from dyspnea Tube thoracostomy and pleurodesis are rarely indicated |
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