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Empyema and Effusions

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Thoracic Surgery for the Acute Care Surgeon

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Surgeons are frequently asked to evaluate and manage patients with pleural fluid collections. The clinical presentations and etiologies of pleural effusions can be a result of localized pleural disease or manifestations of systemic disease. This chapter reviews the anatomy and physiology of the pleural space, diagnostic techniques utilized in categorizing the pleural fluid, and the currently recommended therapeutic approaches for managing acute pleural effusion.

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  1. Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, Justus-Liebig University of Giessen Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Giessen, Germany

    Andreas Hecker & Winfried Padberg

  2. Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford Healthcare, Stanford, CA, USA

    Timothy Browder & David A. Spain

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Hecker, A., Padberg, W., Browder, T., Spain, D.A. (2021). Empyema and Effusions. In: Galante, J.M., Coimbra, R. (eds) Thoracic Surgery for the Acute Care Surgeon. Hot Topics in Acute Care Surgery and Trauma. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48493-4_5

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