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Pt. I. Background
Ch. 1. Practical anatomy and physiology of the thoracic cage and pleura
Ch. 2. Physical examination of the chest wall, lungs, and pleura
Ch. 3. Radiology of the pleura
Ch. 4. Ultrasonography of the pleura
Ch. 5. Thoracic drainage devices
Ch. 6. Skin degerming, disinfection, and sterilization techniques
Ch. 7. Pharmacologic agents
Ch. 8. Primer of differential diagnosis of pleural diseases
Pt. II. Pleural procedures
Ch. 9. Thoracentesis
Ch. 10. Closed-needle pleural biopsy
Ch. 11. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy
Ch. 12. Closed-tube thoracostomy using small-bore chest tubes
Ch. 13. Closed-tube thoracostomy using large-bore chest tubes
Ch. 14. Bedside pleurodesis
Ch. 15. Thoracoscopy.
Ch. 1. Practical anatomy and physiology of the thoracic cage and pleura
Ch. 2. Physical examination of the chest wall, lungs, and pleura
Ch. 3. Radiology of the pleura
Ch. 4. Ultrasonography of the pleura
Ch. 5. Thoracic drainage devices
Ch. 6. Skin degerming, disinfection, and sterilization techniques
Ch. 7. Pharmacologic agents
Ch. 8. Primer of differential diagnosis of pleural diseases
Pt. II. Pleural procedures
Ch. 9. Thoracentesis
Ch. 10. Closed-needle pleural biopsy
Ch. 11. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy
Ch. 12. Closed-tube thoracostomy using small-bore chest tubes
Ch. 13. Closed-tube thoracostomy using large-bore chest tubes
Ch. 14. Bedside pleurodesis
Ch. 15. Thoracoscopy.