"Pleural Effusion" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Presence of fluid in the pleural cavity resulting from excessive transudation or exudation from the pleural surfaces. It is a sign of disease and not a diagnosis in itself.
| Descriptor ID |
D010996
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
C08.528.652
|
| Concept/Terms |
Pleural Effusion- Pleural Effusion
- Effusion, Pleural
- Effusions, Pleural
- Pleural Effusions
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Pleural Effusion".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Pleural Effusion".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Pleural Effusion" by people in this website by year, and whether "Pleural Effusion" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Pleural Effusion" by people in Profiles.
-
A 68-Year-Old Woman With a Rapidly Reaccumulating Pleural Effusion. Chest. 2024 Dec; 166(6):e191-e195.
-
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Workup of Pleural Effusion or Pleural Disease. J Am Coll Radiol. 2024 Jun; 21(6S):S343-S352.
-
Indwelling pleural catheters or chest drains for managing malignant pleural effusions: a distinction without a difference? Eur Respir J. 2024 Feb; 63(2).
-
Metastatic Pulmonary Calcification: Single-Center Review of Typical and Atypical Imaging Features. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2024 Jan-Feb 01; 48(1):98-103.
-
Abdominal etiologies of pleural effusion. Dis Mon. 2019 Apr; 65(4):94.
-
Early 2D/3D ultrasound diagnosis of pleural effusion in fetuses with Turner syndrome. J Clin Ultrasound. 2018 Nov; 46(9):585-587.
-
Pneumothorax following bronchoalveolar lavage for the diagnosis of non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection. An «atypical» complication of bronchoscopy? Arch Bronconeumol. 2016 May; 52(5):278-9.
-
Medical thoracoscopy versus closed pleural biopsy: should this saga continue in the era of competency-oriented training? J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2015 Apr; 22(2):95-6.
-
Implementation of a pediatric critical care focused bedside ultrasound training program in a large academic PICU. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2015 Mar; 16(3):219-26.
-
The incomplete border sign. J Thorac Imaging. 2014 Jul; 29(4):W48.