Lung Biology in Health & Disease Volume 186 Pleural Disease [1 ed.] 9780824740276, 9780824750992, 0824740270

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