Pleural Disease, Second Edition Series: Lung Biology in Heath and Disease

• direct, concise advice on the diagnosis and management of parapneumonic and surgical pleural infections from recognized international experts
• comprehensive information on the current molecular and diagnostic approaches, clinical manifestations, and treatment methodologies
• interventional applications, including pleural thoracentesis and closed biopsy, chest tube insertion, pleural lavage, medical thoracoscopy, and VATS
• biomarkers and proteomics
• critical assessment of the various diagnostic tests and the importance of clinical evaluation in the differential diagnosis of a pleural effusion
• review of new surgical and non-surgical techniques used to identify and diagnose pleural diseases