RT Book, Section
A1 McKean, Sylvia C.
A2 McKean, Sylvia C.
A2 Ross, John J.
A2 Dressler, Daniel D.
A2 Scheurer, Danielle B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1137613124
T1 Thoracentesis
T2 Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, 2e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071843133
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1137613124
RD 2022/08/16
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).