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ACR appropriateness criteria: workup of pleural effusion or pleural disease​[17]

Published by:American College of Radiology

Last published:2023

Pleural disease[7]

Published by:British Thoracic Society

Last published:2023

ERS/ESTS statement on the management of pleural infection in adults[112]

Published by:European Respiratory Society and European Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Last published:2022

ACR appropriateness criteria: intensive care unit patients[73]

Published by:American College of Radiology

Last published:2020

Specifications and performance of image-guided percutaneous drainage/aspiration of abscesses and fluid collections (PDAFC)[72]

Published by:American College of Radiology; Society of Interventional Radiology; Society for Pediatric Radiology

Last published:2018

Investigation and management of malignant pleural mesothelioma[71]

Published by:British Thoracic Society

Last published:2018

ACR appropriateness criteria: chylothorax treatment planning[37]

Published by:American College of Radiology

Last published:2017

Diagnostic approach to pleural effusion[12]

Published by:American Academy of Family Physicians

Last published:2014

Symptom management in patients with lung cancer. Diagnosis and management of lung cancer, 3rd ed.[85]

Published by:American College of Chest Physicians

Last published:2013

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