#182 Pleural Effusions: 5 Pearls Segment
Core IM | Internal Medicine Podcast
Core IM Team
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 9 July 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
- Imaging Pearls | (01:12)
- Deciding on Thoracentesis | (04:00)
- Light’s Criteria and Pseudoexudates | (07:00)
- Pleural Fluid Studies: pH and Cell Differential | (16:56)
- Diagnosing and Treating Parapneumonic Effusions | (23:32)
- Malignant Pleural Effusions: Diagnosis and Management | (30:39)
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| 1:47.8 | That's Chris Kapp, an interventional pulmonologist at Northwestern. |
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