Pleural Disease (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Bouros, Demosthenes

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Updated to reflect the latest scientific advances and technologies in the diagnosis and treatment of pleural diseases, this new Second Edition explores the structure and function of these diseases and malignancies, from tuberculosis and asbestos to pleurisy and pneumothorax. Edited by leading international authorities in pulmonary medicine, this comprehensive guide is an invaluable resource for pulmonologists, radiologists, and critical care physicians.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040170953
• Artikelnr.: 73303317

Autorenporträt

Demosthenes Bouros

Inhaltsangabe

Physiology of the Pleura. Pathophysiology of the Pleura. Respiratory
Function in Pleural Effusion. Imaging of the Pleura. Ultrasonography of the
Pleura. Diagnostic Thoracocentesis and Biopsy. Chest Tubes. Interventional
Radiology of Pleural Disease. Medical Thoracoscopy. Therapeutic Use of
Thoracoscopy for Pleural Diseases. Pleurodesis. Translational Research in
Pleural Diseases. Clinical Evaluation of the Patient with a Pleural
Effusion. Discrimination Between Transudative and Exudative Pleural
Effusions: Evaluating Diagnostic Tests in the Pleural Space. Transudative
Pleural Effusions. Management of the Undiagnosed Persistent Pleural
Effusion. Drug-Induced Pleural Involvement. 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, and Actinomycotic Infection. Malignant Pleural
Effusions. Diagnosis and Management of Pleural Effusion in Lung Cancer.
Benign Tumors of the Pleura. Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma. 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. Pleural Effusions in
Cardiac Disease. Pleural Effusions in Pregnancy and Gynecological Diseases.
Pleural Effusions in the Intensive Care Unit. Pleural Effusions in
Gastrointestinal Tract Diseases. Pleural Effusions in Pulmonary Embolism.
Pleural Effusions in Children. Pneumothorax .Hemothorax. Chylothorax and
Pseudochylothorax. The Pleural Space and Organ Transplantation. Pleural
Disease as a Complication of Radiotherapy and Radiofrequency Ablation.
Iatrogenic and Rare Pleural Effusions.