Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2013)

Role of Blind Closed Pleural Biopsy in the Management of Pleural Exudates

  • Marco F Pereyra,
  • Esther San-José,
  • Lucía Ferreiro,
  • Antonio Golpe,
  • José Antúnez,
  • Francisco-Javier González-Barcala,
  • Ihab Abdulkader,
  • José M Álvarez-Dobaño,
  • Nuria Rodríguez-Núñez,
  • Luis Valdés

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/731352
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 5
pp. 362 – 366

Abstract

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INTRODUCTION: The performance of blind closed pleural biopsy (BCPB) in the study of pleural exudates is controversial.