Drug-induced pleural effusions.
Systematic analysis of pleural fluid, in conjunction with the patient's clinical presentation, should allow the clinician to arrive at the correct diagnosis in approximately 90% of cases. An awareness that some commonly used pharmaceutical agents can cause pleural effusion may help the clinician recognize the pathogenesis of some effusions whose cause is less obvious.
Byrd
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Division of Respiratory and Environmental Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, KY 40204.
Morris
C J
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Roy
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D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D011342:Procainamide / Q000009:adverse effects*
D011342:Procainamide