HEMORRHAGIC PLEURAL EFFUSION; AN ANALYSIS OF 120 CASES
Authors: Kurt Berliner
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1941)

Article1 June 1941HEMORRHAGIC PLEURAL EFFUSION; AN ANALYSIS OF 120 CASESKURT BERLINER, M.D.KURT BERLINER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-14-12-2266 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptFew papers have been written on the subject of hemorrhagic pleural effusion during the past 10 years. There are discussions of the subject which are part of an exposition of single underlying diseases.1There are other discussions of hemorrhagic pleural effusion which limit themselves to its occurrence in children.2, 3But there is no comprehensive study of the entire subject except chapters in textbooks on diseases of the chest4, 5which, however, fail to give the sources for their conclusions. Views expressed in the older literature6, 7are now open to question in the light of our better knowledge of...References1. 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To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication February 29, 1940.From the Chest Group of the Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, N. Y. 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