Role of Common Investigations in Aetiological Evaluation of Exudative Pleural Effusions

Role of Common Investigations in Aetiological Evaluation of Exudative Pleural Effusions

Background: Pleural effusion is a common problem encountered in daily practice. To Establish aetiology of exudative effusions is a diagnostic challenge to general practitioners and even to pulmonologists especially in resource poor government hospitals with lack of investigations like thoracosco...

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Main Authors:	Arnab Maji, Malay Kumar Maikap, Debraj Jash, Kaushik Saha, Abhijit Kundu, Debabrata Saha, Sourindranath Banerjee, Anupam Patra
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited 2013-10-01
Series:	Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Subjects:	pleural effusion exudative investigations pleural biopsy bronchoscopy malignancy tuberculosis
Online Access:	https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/3476/32-%206738_E(%20_%20)_PF1(%20_%20)_F(H)_PF1(VH)_PFA(H)_PF1(PUH)_OLFnew.pdf

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