Table of contents : PLEURAL DISEASE......Page 1 Executive Editor......Page 4 ADDITIONAL VOLUMES IN PREPARATION......Page 11 INTRODUCTION......Page 14 PREFACE......Page 16 CONTRIBUTORS......Page 18 CONTENTS......Page 26 1 The History of Pleural Disease......Page 44 2 Anatomy of the Pleura......Page 66 3 Physiology of the Pleura......Page 88 4 Pathophysiology of the Pleura......Page 96 5 Respiratory Function in Pleural Effusion......Page 108 6 Imaging of the Pleura......Page 122 7 The Role of Ultrasonography in the Evaluation of Pleural Diseases......Page 154 8 Pleural Thoracentesis and Biopsy......Page 174 9 Chest Tubes......Page 196 10 Pleural Lavage as a Diagnostic and Research Tool......Page 218 11 Medical Thoracoscopy......Page 226 12 Diagnostic Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery in Pleural Disease......Page 252 13 Therapeutic Use of Thoracoscopy for Pleural Diseases......Page 258 14 Discrimination Between Transudative and Exudative Pleural Effusions......Page 280 15 Differentiating Between Benign and Malignant Pleural Effusions......Page 296 16 Clinical Evaluation of the Patient with a Pleural Effusion......Page 310 17 Transudative Pleural Effusions......Page 330 18 Interventional Radiology of Pleural Disease......Page 348 19 Drug-Induced Pleural Diseases......Page 360 20 Parapneumonic Pleural Effusions and Empyema......Page 396 21 Postsurgical Pleural Infection......Page 434 22 Surgical Management of Empyema......Page 442 23 Malignant Pleural Effusions......Page 454 24 Pleural Effusion in Lung Carcinoma......Page 482 25 Benign Tumors of the Pleura......Page 500 26 Pleurodesis......Page 522 27 Pleuroperitoneal Shunts in Malignant Effusions......Page 548 28 Mesothelioma Benign and Malignant......Page 560 29 Extrapleural Pneumonectomy for Early-Stage Diffuse Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma......Page 574 30 Benign Asbestos-Related Pleural Disease......Page 588 31 Pleural Manifestations of Interstitial Lung Disease......Page 614 32 Immunological Diseases of the Pleura......Page 638 33 Pleural Effusions in Blood Diseases......Page 664 34 Pleural Effusions in HIV......Page 682 35 Pneumothorax......Page 704 36 Tuberculous Pleuritis......Page 720 37 Pleural Effusions in Children......Page 742 38 Pleural Effusions in Cardiac Disease......Page 764 39 Pleural Effusions in Pregnancy and Gynecological Diseases......Page 780 40 Pleural Disease in the Intensive Care Unit......Page 800 41 Pleural Effusions in Gastrointestinal Tract Diseases......Page 826 42 Pleural Effusions in Pulmonary Embolism......Page 854 43 Pleural Effusions Secondary to Fungal, Nocardial, and Actinomycotic Infection......Page 880 44 Pleural Effusions in Parasitic Infections......Page 894 45 Iatrogenic and Rare Pleural Effusions......Page 940 46 Management of the Undiagnosed Persistent Pleural Effusion......Page 958 47 Hemothorax......Page 974 48 Chylothorax and Pseudochylothorax......Page 986 49 The Pleural Space and Organ Transplantation......Page 1006 50 Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics in Pleural Fluid......Page 1042 51 Animal Models in Pleural Investigation......Page 1052 INDEX......Page 1078