TY - JOUR T1 - Recommendations of Diagnosis and Treatment of Pleural Effusion. Update JO - Archivos de Bronconeumología T2 - AU - Villena Garrido,Victoria AU - Cases Viedma,Enrique AU - Fernández Villar,Alberto AU - de Pablo Gafas,Alicia AU - Pérez Rodríguez,Esteban AU - Porcel Pérez,José Manuel AU - Rodríguez Panadero,Francisco AU - Ruiz Martínez,Carlos AU - Salvatierra Velázquez,Ángel AU - Valdés Cuadrado,Luis SN - 15792129 M3 - 10.1016/j.arbr.2014.04.007 DO - 10.1016/j.arbr.2014.04.007 UR - https://www.archbronconeumol.org/en-recommendations-diagnosis-treatment-pleural-effusion--articulo-S1579212914001293 AB - Although during the last few years there have been several important changes in the diagnostic or therapeutic methods, pleural effusion is still one of the diseases that the respiratory specialist have to evaluate frequently. The aim of this paper is to update the knowledge about pleural effusions, rather than to review the causes of pleural diseases exhaustively. These recommendations have a longer extension for the subjects with a direct clinical usefulness, but a slight update of other pleural diseases has been also included. Among the main scientific advantages are included the thoracic ultrasonography, the intrapleural fibrinolytics, the pleurodesis agents, or the new pleural drainages techniques. ER -