Pleural Effusion

"Pleural Effusion" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.

Descriptor ID	D010996
MeSH Number(s)	C08.528.652
Concept/Terms	Pleural Effusion Pleural Effusion Effusion, Pleural Effusions, Pleural Pleural Effusions

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Diseases [C]
Respiratory Tract Diseases [C08]
Pleural Diseases [C08.528]
Pleural Effusion [C08.528.652]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Pleural Effusion".

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Pleural Effusion
Pleural Effusion, Malignant

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Bar chart showing 49 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1993	1	0	1
1996	0	1	1
1999	1	1	2
2000	1	0	1
2002	0	1	1
2003	2	0	2
2004	1	2	3
2006	3	0	3
2007	2	1	3
2009	2	0	2
2010	3	1	4
2011	2	0	2
2012	1	1	2
2013	2	0	2
2014	4	1	5
2015	1	0	1
2016	3	0	3
2017	1	1	2
2019	3	0	3
2020	4	0	4
2021	2	0	2

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Cross A, Chajewski OS, Rutland C, Smith K, Woodham P, Skipper D, Lindsey KG. Myeloid sarcoma diagnosed on pleural effusion cytology: A case report and literature review. Diagn Cytopathol. 2021 Aug; 49(8):E316-E319.

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Chopra A, Highland KB, Kilb E, Huggins JT. The Relationship of Pleural and Pericardial Effusion With Pulmonary Hemodynamics in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension. Am J Med Sci. 2021 06; 361(6):731-735.

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Malik MI, Fox N, Chopra A, Hughes HY, Washburn R, Huggins JT. Positive pleural fluid RT-PCR for virus detection in SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia. QJM. 2020 12 01; 113(12):888-889.

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Shkolnik B, Judson MA, Austin A, Hu K, D'souza M, Zumbrunn A, Huggins JT, Yucel R, Chopra A. Response. Chest. 2020 10; 158(4):1783-1784.

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Chong WH, Huggins JT, Chopra A. Characteristics of Pleural Effusion in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Pneumonia. Am J Med Sci. 2021 02; 361(2):281-284.

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Shkolnik B, Judson MA, Austin A, Hu K, D'Souza M, Zumbrunn A, Huggins JT, Yucel R, Chopra A. Diagnostic Accuracy of Thoracic Ultrasonography to Differentiate Transudative From Exudative Pleural Effusion. Chest. 2020 08; 158(2):692-697.

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Lentz RJ, Shojaee S, Grosu HB, Rickman OB, Roller L, Pannu JK, DePew ZS, Debiane LG, Cicenia JC, Akulian J, Walston C, Sanchez TM, Davidson KR, Jagan N, Ahmad S, Gilbert C, Huggins JT, Chen H, Light RW, Yarmus L, Feller-Kopman D, Lee H, Rahman NM, Maldonado F. The Impact of Gravity vs Suction-driven Therapeutic Thoracentesis on Pressure-related Complications: The GRAVITAS Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial. Chest. 2020 03; 157(3):702-711.

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Abouzgheib W, Arya R, Cruz-Morel K, Koleman D, Kass J, Boujaoude Z, DelGiacco E, Bartter T. The Impact of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure upon Pleural Fluid Pressures during Thoracentesis. Respiration. 2019; 98(1):55-59.

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Lentz RJ, Lerner AD, Pannu JK, Merrick CM, Roller L, Walston C, Valenti S, Goddard T, Chen H, Huggins JT, Rickman OB, Yarmus L, Psallidas I, Rahman NM, Light RW, Maldonado F. Routine monitoring with pleural manometry during therapeutic large-volume thoracentesis to prevent pleural-pressure-related complications: a multicentre, single-blind randomised controlled trial. Lancet Respir Med. 2019 05; 7(5):447-455.

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Huggins JT, Maldonado F, Chopra A, Rahman N, Light R. Unexpandable lung from pleural disease. Respirology. 2018 02; 23(2):160-167.

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