Management of patients with pleural effusion

Abstract

The students should be able to describe clinical presentation, provide the diagnose, differentials and treatment of pleurisy The aim of this topic is to provide the student with an opportunity to: provide a basic overview of the pathophysiology, history, and the main causes of pleurisy; provide a diagnostic steps for the patients with suspected pleural effusion; provide a classification of transudates and exudates, asses the results of labs and images in different variants of pleural effusion, discuss the procedure of diagnostic and therapeutic thoracentesis(goals, indications, contraindication, techniqueof the procedure),discuss the treatment (medical and surgical care) of different types of pleurisy.