Medical thoracoscopy for exudative pleural effusion: an eight-year experience from a country with a young population

Abstract Background With the exception of areas with high prevalence of tuberculosis, medical thoracoscopy is becoming the diagnostic modality of choice for exudative pleural effusions. The aims of this study were to determine the diagnostic yield and safety of medical thoracoscopy for exudative ple...

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Principais autores:	Merlin Thomas, Wanis H. Ibrahim, Tasleem Raza, Kamran Mushtaq, Adeel Arshad, Mushtaq Ahmed, Salma Taha, Saber Al Sarafandi, Hanfa Karim, Hisham A. Abdul-sattar
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	BMC 2017-11-01
Colecção:	BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Assuntos:	Medical thoracoscopy Pleural effusion Tuberculosis Malignancy
Acesso em linha:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-017-0499-y
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