October 8, 2015Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine

The diagnosis of pleural effusions

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Population

Patients with pleural effusions secondary to systemic, inflammatory, infectious, and malignant conditions

Design

Review

Authors

JPJosé M. PorcelHospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova MAMaree AzzopardiWest Australian Sleep Disorders Research Institute CKCF KoegelenbergStellenbosch University

Discussion

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Implication

May guide stepwise pleural effusion evaluation; leaves open prospective validation of biomarker thresholds.

Structured PICO

Population

Patients with pleural effusions secondary to systemic, inflammatory, infectious, and malignant conditions

Intervention

Diagnostic approach including medical history, physical examination, imaging tests, pleural fluid analyses (with specific biomarkers), and invasive procedures (pleuroscopic or image-guided biopsies)

Outcome

Precise etiological diagnosis

This review provides a comprehensive overview of the diagnostic workup for pleural effusions, highlighting the role of specific biomarkers and the stepwise use of invasive procedures.

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Porcel et al. (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7cdcb154044168e37bf46c https://doi.org/10.1586/17476348.2015.1098535

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The diagnosis of pleural effusions

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

The diagnosis of pleural effusions

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

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