Long-term outcome of patients with nonspecific pleurisy at medical thoracoscopy.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2017.01.005
Abstract: BACKGROUND Medical thoracoscopy is an effective and safe procedure for diagnosing pleural effusions of undetermined causes. But there are still a part of patients with pleural effusions were diagnosed as nonspecific pleurisy when no specific… read more here.
Keywords: long term; patients nonspecific; term outcome; nonspecific pleurisy ... See more keywords
An update of the long-term outcome of patients with nonspecific pleurisy at medical thoracoscopy
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DOI: 10.1186/s12890-021-01596-2
Abstract: Background Medical thoracoscopy (MT) is recommended in patients with undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion and offers a degree of diagnostic sensitivity for pleural malignancy. However, not all patients who undergo MT receive an exact diagnosis. Our… read more here.
Keywords: long term; patients nonspecific; medical thoracoscopy; nonspecific pleurisy ... See more keywords