Pleural effusions: role of commonly available investigations

Malignancy is the commonest cause of pleural effusion, followed by tuberculosis and pneumonia, in patients treated in a teaching hospital in Malaysia. The number of undetermined causes could be minimised with a combination of readily-available and established investigations.

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Main Authors: How, Soon Hin, Chin, S P, Zal, A. R., Liam, C K
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Language:English
Published: Singapore Medical Association 2006
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spelling iium-294292013-04-16T04:38:19Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/29429/ Pleural effusions: role of commonly available investigations How, Soon Hin Chin, S P Zal, A. R. Liam, C K R Medicine (General) Malignancy is the commonest cause of pleural effusion, followed by tuberculosis and pneumonia, in patients treated in a teaching hospital in Malaysia. The number of undetermined causes could be minimised with a combination of readily-available and established investigations. Singapore Medical Association 2006-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/29429/1/pleural_effusion_SMJ.pdf How, Soon Hin and Chin, S P and Zal, A. R. and Liam, C K (2006) Pleural effusions: role of commonly available investigations. Singapore Medical Journal, 47 (7). pp. 609-613. ISSN 0037-5675 http://www.sma.org.sg/smj/4707/4707a8.pdf
spellingShingle R Medicine (General)
How, Soon Hin
Chin, S P
Zal, A. R.
Liam, C K
Pleural effusions: role of commonly available investigations
title Pleural effusions: role of commonly available investigations
title_full Pleural effusions: role of commonly available investigations
title_fullStr Pleural effusions: role of commonly available investigations
title_full_unstemmed Pleural effusions: role of commonly available investigations
title_short Pleural effusions: role of commonly available investigations
title_sort pleural effusions: role of commonly available investigations
topic R Medicine (General)
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/29429/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/29429/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/29429/1/pleural_effusion_SMJ.pdf