RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Accuracy of the physical examination in evaluating pleural effusion
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 297
OP 303
VO 75
IS 4
A2 Rolston, David
A1 Diaz-Guzman, Enrique
A1 Budev, Marie M.
YR 2008
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/75/4/297.abstract
AB A careful physical examination is a valuable and noninvasive means of assessing pleural effusion and should be routinely performed in every patient in whom this condition is suspected. Although physical examination is less accurate than ultrasonography or computed tomography in detecting a pleural effusion, the sensitivity and specificity of the different physical signs of pleural effusion may be comparable to those of conventional chest radiography.