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Effusion

January 6, 2016
Are we removing enough pericardial fluid to allow a diagnosis of malignant effusion?  The authors reviewed  480 pericardiocentesis specimens by comparing the percentage of malignant diagnoses ("malignancy fraction") by the volume submitted for analysis.