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    Accuracy of the physical examination in evaluating pleural effusion

    David Rolston, MD, Enrique Diaz-Guzman, MD and Marie M. Budev, DO, MPH
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2008, 75 (4) 297-303;

    • A careful physical examination is a valuable and noninvasive means of assessing pleural effusions and should be routinely performed in every patient in whom this condition is suspected.