TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Thoracentesis A1 - McKean, Sylvia C. A2 - McKean, Sylvia C. A2 - Ross, John J. A2 - Dressler, Daniel D. A2 - Scheurer, Danielle B. PY - 2017 T2 - Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, 2e AB - Physicians or other clinicians perform an estimated 173,000 thoracenteses in the United States every year. The strict indications for thoracentesis are the presence of pleural fluid of unknown etiology where the physician cannot initiate care prior to diagnosis and severe dyspnea (Table 124-1). SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1137613124 ER -