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https://repository.monashhealth.org/monashhealthjspui/handle/1/27701| Title: | Decision Making and Algorithm for the Management of Pleural Effusions. | Authors: | Quinn T.;Choong C.K.C.;Marshall M.B.;Aminazad A.;Alam N. | Institution: | (Quinn) Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS), College of Surgeons' Gardens, 250-290 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC 3002, Australia (Quinn) Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Monash Medical Centre, 246 Clayton Road, Clayton 3002, VIC, Australia (Alam) Department of Thoracic Surgery, St Vincent's Hospital, 55 Victoria Parade, Suite 1, 5th Floor, Melbourne, Fitzroy 3065, VIC, Australia (Aminazad) Eastern Health, Box Hill Hospital, Monash University, 51 Nelson Road, Box Hill 3128, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (Marshall) Department of Thoracic Surgery, Georgetown University Hospital, 4PHC, 3800 Reservoir Road NW, Washington, DC 20007, United States (Choong) Department of Surgery (MMC), The Knox Hospital, Monash University, 262 Mountain Highway, Wantirna 3152, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (Choong) The Valley Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia | Issue Date: | 17-Dec-2012 | Copyright year: | 2013 | Publisher: | W.B. Saunders (Independence Square West, Philadelphia PA 19106-3399, United States) | Place of publication: | United States | Publication information: | Thoracic Surgery Clinics. 23 (1) (pp 11-16), 2013. Date of Publication: February 2013. | Abstract: | Pleural effusions can be catagorised in to transudative effusions or exudative effusions. Causes include cardiovascular disease, infection and neoplasm. Diagnosis is the key to determining what management is required. History and examination can elicit the cause of the effusion and radiological investigations can be a useful adjunct. Thoracocentesis and laboratory testing of the pleural fluid is usually diagnostic and can direct futher investigations or treatment. Management of the pleural effusion ultimately varies according to the diagnosis but can be either directed towards reversing the cause of the effusion or treating the symptoms that arise as a result of the effusion. © 2013. | DOI: | http://monash.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.thorsurg.2012.10.009 | PubMed URL: | 23206713 [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=23206713] | ISSN: | 1547-4127 | URI: | https://repository.monashhealth.org/monashhealthjspui/handle/1/27701 | Type: | Review | Type of Clinical Study or Trial: | Review article (e.g. literature review, narrative review) |
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