Closed Pleural Biopsy is Still Useful in the Evaluation of Malignant Pleural Effusion
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Diagnostic yield of closed pleural biopsy in exudative pleural effusion.
OBJECTIVE Closed pleural biopsy is known to be diagnostic in approximately 75% of pleural effusion undiagnosed by thoracocentesis or pleural fluid evaluation. The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of closed pleural biopsy in a Saudi tertiary care teaching hospital. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the diagnostic utility of all closed pleural biopsies performed from Januar...
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Kathleen Shuey, MS, RN, AOCN®, APRN, BC, is an associate director at US Oncology in Houston, TX, and Yvette Payne, MSN, MBA, RN, APN, is an associate director of Clinical Affairs–Oncology at Ortho Biotech Clinical Affairs, LLC, in Tampa, FL. (Mention of specifi c products and opinions related to those products do not indicate or imply endorsement by the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing or t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Laboratory Physicians
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0974-2727,0974-7826
DOI: 10.4103/0974-2727.98669