Pleural Disease, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. xii 7. Preface - p. xiii 8. Section 1: Pleural Basics - p. xiv 9. Anatomy and Applied Physiology of the Pleural Space - p. 567 10. Updates in Pleural Imaging - p. 577 11. Ultrasound-Guided Pleural Investigations: Fluid, Air, and Biopsy - p. 591 12. Pleural Fluid Analysis: Are Light’s Criteria Still Relevant After Half a Century? - p. 599 13. Setting up a Pleural Disease Service - p. 611 14. Section 2: Non-Malignant Pleural Disease - p. 623 15. Hepatic Hydrothorax and Congestive Heart Failure Induced Pleural Effusion - p. 625 16. Parapneumonic Effusion and Empyema - p. 637 17. Pleural Tuberculosis - p. 649 18. Chylothorax and Pseudochylothorax - p. 667 19. Pleural Effusions in the Critically Ill and “At-Bleeding-Risk” Population - p. 677 20. Section 3: Pleural Malignancy - p. 686 21. Malignant Pleural Effusions - p. 687 22. Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: Updates for Respiratory Physicians - p. 697 23. Section 4: Pneumothorax - p. 710 24. Pneumothorax: Classification and Etiology - p. 711 25. Management of Pneumothorax - p. 729 26. Section 5: Minimally Invasive Definitive Pleural Intervention - p. 738 27. Indwelling Pleural Catheters - p. 739 28. Medical Thoracoscopy - p. 751 29. Section 6: The Future of Pleural Disease - p. 766 30. Joining Forces: How to Coordinate Large, Multicenter Randomized Trials - p. 767