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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| author | How, Soon Hin Chin, S P Zal, A. R. Liam, C K |
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| description | 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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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org: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/29429/1/pleural_effusion_SMJ.pdf |
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