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Pleural diseases /
"Thoroughly updated for its Sixth Edition, Dr. Light's classic text, Pleural Diseases, provides a focused, single-authored perspective on the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and management of pleural diseases. This edition has new information on management of both para...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Health,
©2013.
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| Edición: | 6th ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Anatomy of the pleura
- Physiology of the pleural space
- Physiological effects of pneumothorax and pleural effusion
- Animal models in pleural investigation
- Cytokines and the pleura
- Radiographic examinations
- Clinical manifestations and useful tests
- Approach to the patient
- Transudative pleural effusions
- Pleural effusions related to metastatic malignancies
- Primary tumors of the pleura
- Parapneumonic effusions and empyema
- Tuberculous pleural effusions
- Pleural effusion secondary to fungal infections, actinomycosis, and nocardiosis
- Pleural effusion due to parasitic infection
- Pleural effusion due to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, other viruses, mycoplasma pneumoniae, and rickettsiae
- Pleural effusion due to pulmonary embolization
- Pleural effusion secondary to diseases of the gastrointestinal tract
- Pleural effusion secondary to diseases of the heart
- Pleural disease in obstetrics and gynecology
- Pleural disease due to collagen vascular diseases
- Pleural effusion due to drug reactions
- Pleural effusion due to miscellaneous diseases
- Pneumothorax
- Hemothorax
- Chylothorax and pseudochylothorax
- Other pleural diseases
- Thoracentesis (diagnostic and therapeutic) and pleural biopsy
- Chest tubes
- Thoracoscopy.