Open AccessRole of therapeutic thoracentesis in tuberculous pleural effusion
Author(s) -
Sourin Bhuniya,
Datta C Arunabha,
Sabyasachi Choudhury,
Indranil Saha,
Roy T Sumit,
Manideepa Saha
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
annals of thoracic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1817-1737
pISSN - 1998-3557
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1737.102176
Subject(s) - medicine , thoracentesis , pleural effusion , chest radiograph , surgery , effusion , thorax (insect anatomy) , radiology , radiography , anatomy
Prevalence of tuberculous pleural effusion is very high in the Asian subcontinent but very few studies have come up from this part of the world about the course of recovery of pulmonary functions after institution of anti-tubercular therapy (ATT) and thoracentesis.