RT Book, Section
A1 Beiser, David
A2 Stern, Scott D.C.
A2 Cifu, Adam S.
A2 Altkorn, Diane
SR Print(0)
ID 1185662962
T1 Pleural Effusion
T2 Symptom to Diagnosis: An Evidence-Based Guide, 4e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260121117
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1185662962
RD 2024/10/07
AB Small  effusions  are  usually  asymptomatic  while  large  effusions  reliably  cause  dyspnea  with  or  without  pleuritic  chest  pain.  The  presentation  depends  on  the  cause  of  the  effusion.  Parapneumonic  effusions  are  accompanied  by  the  signs  and  symptoms  of  pneumonia  while  effusions  related  to  neoplasm,  HF,  PE  or  rheumatologic  disease  are  accompanied  by  signs  of  those  underlying  diseases.