Open AccessA stepwise approach to the etiologic diagnosis of pleural effusion in respiratory intensive care unit and short-term evaluation of treatment
Author(s) -
Nilesh J Chinchkar,
Deepak Talwar,
Sushil K. Jain
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.152615
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care unit , pleural effusion , intensive care medicine , term (time) , radiology , physics , quantum mechanics
Pleural effusions in respiratory intensive care unit (RICU) are associated with diseases of varied etiologies and often carry a grave prognosis. This prospective study was conducted to establish an etiologic diagnosis in a series of such patients before starting treatment.