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==Diagnosis== | ==Diagnosis== | ||
===Physical examination=== | ===Physical examination=== | ||
Dullness to [[percussion]] and tactile [[fremitus]] are the best [[Sign (medical)|sign]]s. <ref>{{Cite journal | Dullness to [[percussion]] and tactile [[fremitus]] are the best [[Sign (medical)|sign]]s according to a [[systematic review]] by the [http://sgim.org/index.cfm?pageId=666 Rational Clinical Examination]. <ref>{{Cite journal | ||
| doi = 10.1001/jama.2008.937 | volume = 301 | issue = 3 | pages = 309-317 | last = Wong | first = Camilla L. | coauthors = Jayna Holroyd-Leduc, Sharon E. Straus | title = Does This Patient Have a Pleural Effusion? | journal = JAMA | accessdate = 2009-01-21 | date = 2009-01-21 | url = http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/301/3/309 }}</ref> | | doi = 10.1001/jama.2008.937 | volume = 301 | issue = 3 | pages = 309-317 | last = Wong | first = Camilla L. | coauthors = Jayna Holroyd-Leduc, Sharon E. Straus | title = Does This Patient Have a Pleural Effusion? | journal = JAMA | accessdate = 2009-01-21 | date = 2009-01-21 | url = http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/301/3/309 }}</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 09:13, 21 January 2009
In medicine, a pleural effusion is the "presence of fluid in the pleural cavity resulting from excessive transudation or exudation from the pleural surfaces. It is a sign of disease and not a diagnosis in itself."[1]
Diagnosis
Physical examination
Dullness to percussion and tactile fremitus are the best signs according to a systematic review by the Rational Clinical Examination. [2]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Pleural effusion (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Wong, Camilla L.; Jayna Holroyd-Leduc, Sharon E. Straus (2009-01-21). "Does This Patient Have a Pleural Effusion?". JAMA 301 (3): 309-317. DOI:10.1001/jama.2008.937. Retrieved on 2009-01-21. Research Blogging.