Textbook of Pleural Diseases

Ashish Kumar Prakash MBBS DTCD DNB EDRM FAPSR FNCCP MNAMS MICS MIACCAISenior Consultant, Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Respiratory Allergy Clinic, Medanta - The Medicity, Gurugram, Haryana, IndiaAnand Jaiswal MBBS MAMC MDHead and Senior Director, Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Medanta - The Medicity, Gurugram, Haryana, IndiaRandeep Guleria MD (Medicine) DM (Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine)Chairman, Institute of Internal Medicine and Respiratory and Sleep Medicine; Director, Medical Education, Medanta (Global Health Ltd); President, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaBornali Datta MD MRCP (Edinburgh) CCST (UK)Director, Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Project Lead, Mission TB-Free Haryana, Medanta - The Medicity, Gurugram, Haryana, India

• CHAPTER 1: Pleural AnatomyCHAPTER 2: Physiology of the Pleural SpaceCHAPTER 3: Radiology in PleuraCHAPTER 4: Role of Ultrasound in Pleural DiseasesCHAPTER 5: Approach to Pleural EffusionCHAPTER 6: Transudative Pleural EffusionCHAPTER 7: Tubercular Pleural EffusionCHAPTER 8: Parapneumonic Effusions and EmpyemaCHAPTER 9: Pleural Effusion Secondary to Fungal, Nocardia, and Parasitic InfectionsCHAPTER 10: Pleural Diseases in HIVCHAPTER 11: Malignant Pleural EffusionCHAPTER 12: Mesothelioma and Other Primary Pleural TumorsCHAPTER 13: Pneumothorax and Bronchopleural FistulaCHAPTER 14: HemothoraxCHAPTER 15: ChylothoraxCHAPTER 16: ThoracocentesisCHAPTER 17: Intercostal Drainage Tubes and Pleural Drainage SystemsCHAPTER 18: Chest Tube Monitoring, Complications, and Its ManagementCHAPTER 19: Pleural Effusion in Pulmonary EmbolismCHAPTER 20: Pleural Effusion due to Heart DiseasesCHAPTER 21: Hepatic HydrothoraxCHAPTER 22: Pleural Effusion in Obstetrics and GynecologyCHAPTER 23: Pediatric Pleural DiseasesCHAPTER 24: Pleural Effusion due to Collagen Vascular DiseasesCHAPTER 25: Pleural Effusion due to Kidney DiseasesCHAPTER 26: Pleural Effusion due to Drugs and Miscellaneous DiseasesCHAPTER 27: Pleural Disorders in Lung Transplantation - OverviewCHAPTER 28: Medical ThoracoscopyCHAPTER 29: Pleural Biopsy and CryobiopsyCHAPTER 30: Surgical Management of Pleural DiseasesCHAPTER 31: Pleural Diseases in COVID