{"title":"Pleural effusion","authors":"C. Robinson","doi":"10.1093/med/9780198837114.003.0035","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A pleural effusion results from the accumulation of abnormal volumes (>10–20 mL) of fluid in the pleural space. Pleural effusions are common and are associated with many different diseases, differential diagnosis of effusions, and details of pleural fluid analysis.","PeriodicalId":447884,"journal":{"name":"Oxford Handbook of Respiratory Medicine","volume":"85 6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Oxford Handbook of Respiratory Medicine","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198837114.003.0035","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A pleural effusion results from the accumulation of abnormal volumes (>10–20 mL) of fluid in the pleural space. Pleural effusions are common and are associated with many different diseases, differential diagnosis of effusions, and details of pleural fluid analysis.