Pleural Disease, Second Edition, Vol. 229 Book

Structure and Function, Anatomy and Physiology of the Pleura, Pathophysiology of the Pleura, Respiratory Function in Pleural Effusion, IMAGING, Imaging the Pleura (CXR, CT, MRI), The Role of Ultrasonography in the Evaluation of Pleural Diseases, Interventions - Specific Techniques, Pleural Thoracentesis and Biopsy, Chest Tubes, Interventional Radiology of Pleural Disease, Medical Thoracoscopy, Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery in Pleural Disease (both Dx and Rx), Pleurodesis, Clinical Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis, Translational medicine in pleural diseases, Clinical Evaluation of the Patient with a Pleural Effusion, Evaluating Diagnostic Tests in the Pleural Space, Transudate Pleural Effusions, Management of the Undiagnosed Persistent Pleural Effusion, Specific Pleural Diseases. Drug-Induced Pleural Effusions, Parapneumonic Pleural Effusions and Empyema, Medical thoracoscopy in the management of Parapneumonic Pleural Effusions and Empyema, Postsurgical Pleural Infection, Surgical Management of Empyema, Tuberculous Pleuritis, Pleural Effusions Secondary to Fungal, Nocardial, Actinomycotic and Parasitic Infections, Malignant Pleural Effusions, Pleural Effusion in Lung Carcinoma, Benign Tumors of the Pleura, Mesothelioma (Benign and Malignant), Extrapleural Pneumonectomy for Early Stage Diffuse Malignant Pleural, Mesothelioma, Benign Asbestos-Related Pleural Disease, Pleural Manifestations of Interstitial Lung Disease, Immunologic Diseases of the Pleura, Pleural Effusions in Blood Diseases, Pleural Effusions in AIDS, Pleural Effusions in Cardiac Disease, Pleural Effusions in Pregnancy and Gynecologic Diseases, Pleural Effusions in the Intensive Care Unit, Pleural Effusions in Gastrointestinal Diseases, Pleural Effusions in Pulmonary Embolism, Pleural Effusions in Children, Pneumothorax, Hemothorax, Chylothorax and Pseudochylothorax, The Pleural Space and Organ Transplantation, Pleural Effusion as Complication of Radiotherapy, Iatrogenic and Rare Pleural Effusions.