Recommendations of diagnosis and treatment of pleural effusion. Update.
Although during the last few years there have been several important changes in the diagnostic or therapeutic methods, pleural effusion is still one of the diseases that the respiratory specialist have to evaluate frequently. The aim of this paper is to update the knowledge about pleural effusions, rather than to review the causes of pleural diseases exhaustively. These recommendations have a longer extension for the subjects with a direct clinical usefulness, but a slight update of other pleural diseases has been also included. Among the main scientific advantages are included the thoracic ultrasonography, the intrapleural fibrinolytics, the pleurodesis agents, or the new pleural drainages techniques.
Servicio de Neumología, Fundación Investigación, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, CIBERES, Madrid, España. Electronic address: vvillena@separ.es.
Victoria
V
Villena Garrido
Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, España.
Enrique
E
Cases Viedma
Servicio de Neumología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, España.
Alberto
A
Fernández Villar
Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, España.
Alicia
A
de Pablo Gafas
Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, España.
Esteban
E
Pérez Rodríguez
Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida, España.
José Manuel
JM
Porcel Pérez
Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, España.
Francisco
F
Rodríguez Panadero
Servicio de Neumología, Hospital San Millán San Pedro, Logroño, España.
Carlos
C
Ruiz Martínez
Servicio de Cirugía Torácica, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Córdoba, España.
Angel
A
Salvatierra Velázquez
Servicio de Neumología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, España.
Luis
L
Valdés Cuadrado
D000465:Algorithms; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods; D005122:Exudates and Transudates / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D018529:Nutritional Support; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D016066:Pleural Effusion, Malignant / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D018700:Pleurodesis / Q000379:methods; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014396:Tuberculosis, Pleural / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy
D012597:Sclerosing Solutions
Derrame pleural; Derrame pleural maligno; Derrame pleural paraneumónico; Hemothorax; Hemotórax; Malignant pleural effusion; Parapneumonic pleural effusion; Pleural effusion; Pleural tuberculosis; Tuberculosis pleural