MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 03310cam a22003617a 4500
001 2004274936
003 DLC
005 20060728212439.0
008 040629s2004 nyua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2004274936
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020 $a0824740270 (alk. paper)
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050 00 $aRC751$b.P535 2004
082 00 $a616.2/5$222
060 00 $aW1$bLU62 v.186 2004
060 10 $aWF 700$bP7266 2004
245 00 $aPleural disease /$cedited by Demosthenes Bouros.
260 $aNew York :$bMarcel Dekker, Inc.,$cc2004.
300 $axxxi, 1044 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
440 0 $aLung biology in health and disease ;$vv. 186
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe history of pleural disease -- Anatomy of the pleura -- Physiology of the pleura -- Pathophysiology of the pleura -- Respiratory function in pleural effusion -- Imaging the pleura -- The role of ultrasonography in the evaluation of pleural diseases -- Pleural thoracentesis and biopsy -- Chest tubes -- Pleural lavage as a diagnostic and research tool -- Medical thorascoscopy -- Diagnostic video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in pleural disease -- Therapeutic use of thoracoscopy for pleural diseases -- Discrimination between transudative and exudative pleural effusions: evaluating diagnostic tests in the pleural space -- Differentiating between benign and malignant pleural effusions -- Clinical evaluation of the patient with a pleural effusion -- Transudate pleural effusions -- Interventional radiology of pleural disease -- Drug-induced pleural diseases --
505 0 $aParapneumonic pleural effusions and empyema -- Postsurgical pleural infection -- Surgical management of empyema -- Malignant pleural effusions -- Pleural effusion in lung carcinoma -- Benign tumors of the pleura -- Pleurodesis -- Pleuroperitoneal shunts in malignant effusions -- Mesothelioma: benign and malignant -- 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 -- Pneumothorax -- Tuberculous pleuritis -- Pleural effusions in children --
505 0 $aPleural effusions in cardiac disease -- Pleural effusions in pregnancy and gynecological diseases -- Pleural disease in the intensive care unit -- Pleural effusions in gastrointestinal tract diseases -- Pleural effusions in pulmonary embolism -- Pleural effusions secondary to fungal, nocardial, and actinomycotic infection -- Pleural effusions in parasitic infections -- Iatrogenis and rare pleural effusions -- Management of the undiagnosed persistent pleural effusion -- Hemothorax -- Chylothorax and pseudochylothorax -- The pleural space and organ transplantation -- Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in pleural fluid -- Animal models in pleural investigation.
650 0 $aPleura$xDiseases.
650 12 $aPleural Diseases.
650 22 $aPleura.
650 22 $aThoracoscopy.
700 1 $aBouros, Demosthenes.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0647/2004274936-d.html