Pleural effusion

Corticosteroids for tuberculous pleurisy

There is low-certainty evidence that corticosteroids may reduce the time to resolution of the symptoms of tuberculous pleurisy and the time to resolution of the pleural effusion on chest x‐ray.[111]Ryan H, Yoo J, Darsini P. Corticosteroids for tuberculous pleurisy. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Mar 14;(3):CD001876. https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD001876.pub3/full http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28290161?tool=bestpractice.com