This Book "Pleural Disease Second Edition" Was Edited by :
Demosthenes Bouros
Democritus University of Thrace
Alexandroupolis, Greece
Contents
Introduction Claude Lenfant vii
Preface ix
Contributors xi
1. Physiology of the Pleura 1
Sotirios Zarogiannis and Kostas I. Gourgoulianis
2. Pathophysiology of the Pleura 9
Veena B. Antony
3. Respiratory Function in Pleural Effusion 18
Ioanna Mitrouska and Dimitris Georgopoulos
4. Imaging of the Pleura 30
Theresa C. McLoud, Gerald F. Abbott, and Katerina Malagari
5. Ultrasonography of the Pleura 65
Ok-Hwa Kim and Kyung Joo Park
6. Diagnostic Thoracocentesis and Biopsy 74
Andreas Diacon and Chris Bolliger
7. Chest Tubes 92
Demondes Haynes and Michael H. Baumann
8. Interventional Radiology of Pleural Disease 108
Johny A. Verschakelen
9. Medical Thoracoscopy 119
Philippe Astoul
10. Therapeutic Use of Thoracoscopy for Pleural Diseases 145
Pierre-Emmanuel Falcoz, Pascal Thomas, and Gilbert Massard
11. Pleurodesis 165
Francisco Rodriguez-Panadero
12. Translational Research in Pleural Diseases 182
Georgios T. Stathopoulos, Joost P. J. J. Hegmans, and Y. C. Gary Lee
13. Clinical Evaluation of the Patient with a Pleural Effusion 198
Steven A. Sahn
14. Discrimination Between Transudative and Exudative Pleural
Effusions: Evaluating Diagnostic Tests in the Pleural Space 217
John E. Heffner
15. Transudative Pleural Effusions 232
Udaya B. S. Prakash
16. Management of the Undiagnosed Persistent Pleural Effusion 252
Richard W. Light
17. Drug-Induced Pleural Involvement 267
Philippe Camus, Clio Camus, and Philippe Bonniaud
18. Parapneumonic Pleural Effusions and Empyema 308
Demosthenes Bouros
19. Medical Thoracoscopy in the Management of Parapneumonic
Pleural Effusions and Empyema 339
Gian Franco Tassi and Gian Pietro Marchetti
20. Postsurgical Pleural Infection 345
Lesek Purek, Marc Licker, and Jean Marie Tschopp
21. SurgicalManagement of Empyema 357
Dean M. Donahue and Douglas J. Mathisen
22. Tuberculous Pleuritis 367
Biswajit Chakrabarti and Peter D. O. Davies
23. Pleural Effusions Secondary to Fungal, Nocardial,
and Actinomycotic Infection 389
Mark Woodhead and Iain Crossingham
24. Malignant Pleural Effusions 402
Steven A. Sahn
25. Diagnosis andManagement of Pleural Effusion in Lung Cancer 427
Marios E. Froudarakis
26. Benign Tumors of the Pleura 448
Cameron D. Wright and Eugene J. Mark
27. Malignant PleuralMesothelioma 468
Charles-Hugo Marquette, Antoine Delage, Philippe Astoul,
and Arnaud Scherpereel
28. Extrapleural Pneumonectomy for Early-Stage Diffuse
Malignant PleuralMesothelioma 492
Lambros Zellos and David J. Sugarbaker
29. Benign Asbestos–Related Pleural Disease 504
E. Brigitte Gottschall and Lee S. Newman
30. PleuralManifestations of Interstitial Lung Disease 525
Robert P. Baughman
31. Immunological Diseases of the Pleura 549
Katerina M. Antoniou, Demosthenes Bouros, and Athol U. Wells
32. Pleural Effusions in Blood Diseases 574
Despina S. Kyriakou, Michael G. Alexandrakis, and Demosthenes Bouros
33. Pleural Effusions in HIV 593
Kristina Crothers and Laurence Huang
34. Pleural Effusions in Cardiac Disease 613
John F. Murray
35. Pleural Effusions in Pregnancy and Gynecological Diseases 627
Katerina M. Antoniou, Nikolaos M. Siafakas, and Demosthenes Bouros
36. Pleural Effusions in the Intensive Care Unit 644
Ioannis Pneumatikos and Charis Roussos
37. Pleural Effusions in Gastrointestinal Tract Diseases 658
Epaminondas N. Kosmas and Vlasis S. Polychronopoulos
38. Pleural Effusions in Pulmonary Embolism 682
Luis Puente-Maestu and Victoria Villena
39. Pleural Effusions in Children 701
John N. Tsanakas and Elpis Hatziagorou
40. Pneumothorax 720
Charlie Strange
41. Hemothorax 733
Paul E. Van Schil, Philippe G. Jorens, and Patrique Segers
42. Chylothorax and Pseudochylothorax 745
Michael Toumbis
43. The Pleural Space and Organ Transplantation 756
Marc A. Judson and Steven A. Sahn
44. Pleural Disease as a Complication of Radiotherapy
and Radiofrequency Ablation 791
Jos´e M. Porcel
45. Iatrogenic and Rare Pleural Effusions 804
Georgios Kouliatsis and Demosthenes Bouros
Index 821