Diseases of the pleura
By: Veena B. Antony, guest editor
Series: Clinics in chest medicine -- v. 19, no. 2; Clinics in chest medicine -- v. 19, no. 2.
Publisher: W.B. Saunders
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Philadelphia, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 422
Copyright date: 1998
Subjects: Pleural Diseases; Pleura; Anatomy & histology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Anatomy of the pleura  -- Nai-San Wang; title: Mechanical coupling and liquid exchanges in the pleural space  -- Emilio Agostoni, Luciano Zocchi; title: CT and MR in pleural disease  -- Theresa C. McLoud; title: Evaluating diagnostic tests in the pleural space : differentiating transudates from exudates as a model  -- John E. Heffner; title: Diagnostic thoracoscopy  -- Christian Boutin, Philippe Astoul; title: Asbestos-induced pleural disease  -- Stephen L. Nishimura, V. Courtney Broaddus; title: Drug-induced pleural disease  -- Veena B. Antony; title: Pleural disease in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome  -- James M. Beck; title: Malignancy metastatic to the pleura  -- Steven A. Sahn; title: Common pleural effusions in children  -- Deborah C. Given, Howard Eigen; title: Management of parapneumonic effusions  -- Richard W. Light, R. Michael Rodriguez; title: Therapeutic thoracoscopy  -- Henri G. Colt; title: Surgical management of empyema  -- Kushagra Katariya, Richard J. Thurer; title: Management of undiagnosed persistent pleural effusions -- Tariq Ansari, Steven Idell.