Research Catalog

Title

Pleural diseases / Richard W. Light.

Author

Light, Richard W.

Publication

Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2007], ©2007.

Supplementary Content

Publisher description

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Details

Description

xiii, 427 pages : illustrations; 27 cm

Subjects

• Pleural Diseases
• Pleura > Diseases

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Anatomy of the pleura -- 2. Physiology of the pleural space -- 3. Physiological effects of pneumothorax and pleural effusion -- 4. Animal models in pleural investigation -- 5. Cytokines and the pleura -- 6. Radiographic examinations -- 7. Clinical manifestations and useful tests -- 8. Approach to the patient -- 9. Transudative pleural effusions -- 10. Pleural effusions related to metastatic malignancies -- 11. Primary tumors of the pleura -- 12. Parapneumonic effusions and empyema -- 13. Tuberculous pleural effusions -- 14. Pleural effusion secondary to fungal infections, actinomycosis, and nocardiosis -- 15. Pleural effusion due to parasitic infection -- 16. Pleural effusion due to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, other viruses, mycoplasma pneumoniae, and rickettsiae -- 17. Pleural effusion due to pulmonary embolization -- 18. Pleural effusion secondary to diseases of the gastrointestinal tract -- 19. Pleural effusion secondary to diseases of the heart -- 20. Pleural disease in obstetrics and gynecology -- 21. Pleural disease due to collagen vascular diseases -- 22. Pleural effusion due to drug reactions -- 23. Pleural effusion due to miscellaneous diseases -- 24. Pneumothorax -- 25. Hemothorax -- 26. Chylothorax and pseudochylothorax -- 27. Other pleural diseases -- 28. Thoracentesis (diagnostic and therapeutic) and pleural biopsy -- 29. Chest tubes -- 30. Thoracoscopy.

ISBN

• 9780781769570
• 0781769574

LCCN

2007002314

OCLC

• ocm80180526
• 80180526
• SCSB-5336448

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries