DOI: 10.1055/s-00000075

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Issue 03 · Volume 40 · June 2019 DOI: 10.1055/s-009-44186 Pleural Diseases Guest Editors: Jonathan Puchalski, MD, and Najib M. Rahman, DPhil, MSc, FRCP

Preface

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Puchalski, Jonathan; Rahman, Najib M.: Pleural Diseases

Review Article

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Cameron, Kelsey; Teodoro, Dana; Kasis, Azam; Evison, Matthew: Development and Maintenance of a Pleural Disease Service: Role of the “Pleurologist”
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DeBiasi, Erin M.; Feller-Kopman, David: Physiologic Basis of Symptoms in Pleural Disease
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Hallifax, Rob; Janssen, Julius P.: Pneumothorax—Time for New Guidelines?
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Thomas, Rajesh; Roy, Bapti; Maldonado, Fabien; Lee, Y.C. Gary: Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions—What Is New
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Oh, Scott; Ronaghi, Reza; Cai, Guoping: Molecular Testing on Pleural Fluid Samples
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Kim, Roger Y.; Sterman, Daniel H.; Haas, Andrew R.: Malignant Mesothelioma: Has Anything Changed?
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Godfrey, Mark S.; Bramley, Kyle T.; Detterbeck, Frank: Medical and Surgical Management of Empyema
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Lamb, Carla; Li, Andrew; Thakkar, Dhaval; Lee, Pyng: Pleurodesis
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Toth, Jennifer W.; Reed, Michael F.; Ventola, Lauren K.: Chest Tube Drainage Devices
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Grendelmeier, Peter; Rahman, Najib M.: What's the Score? Do Pleural Effusion Clinical Scoring Systems Help in Management of Disease?
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Argento, Angela Christine; Gillespie, Colin T.: Pleural Disease in Women
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Puchalski, Jonathan: Advances and Controversies in Thoracentesis and Medical Thoracoscopy