Landmarks in Simple Pleural Effusions

• Autores: Julius Kaunitz
• Localización: JAMA: the journal of the American Medical Association, ISSN 0098-7484, Vol. 311, Nº. 23, 2014, págs. 2444-2444
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Modern methods of examination have greatly facilitated the diagnosis of pleural effusion, particularly radiography. In spite of this it is nothing unusual for experienced clinicians to be embarrassed by a “dry tap” when there is clearcut evidence of pleural effusion. Nor is the embarrassment lessened when a successful thoracentesis is performed on the patient on the same day by another clinician who elected to introduce his needle one or two interspaces higher.