title: Clinical practice. Pleural effusion.
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary Disease Program, St. Thomas Hospital, and the Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville 37205, USA. rlight98@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Richard W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Light
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000150:complications; D003581:Cytodiagnosis / Q000379:methods; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000150:complications; D005947:Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000032:analysis; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D010808:Physical Examination; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000737:chemistry / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D016066:Pleural Effusion, Malignant / Q000175:diagnosis; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis; D012907:Smoking; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D005947:Glucose