#111 Perfect Presentations: Pleural effusion

Sam is in conversation with Nidhi Gupta, Consultant in Acute and General Medicine and Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust to discuss all things communication in PACES^_^ SUPPORT THE SHOW ^_^> > Access Quesmed HERE! 15% off with discount code: PREPACES15 < <* * *Sign up for PACES Ahe ...  Show more

In this episode, Sam builds on our previous episode of funky causes of breathlessness, except this time we encounter it from a cardiology perspective.^_^ SUPPORT THE SHOW ^_^> > Access Quesmed HERE! 15% off with discount code: PREPACES15 < <* * *Sign up for PACES Ahead HERE! * * ...  Show more

In this episode I cover interstitial lung disease.

If you want to follow along with written notes on pleural effusions go to zerotofinals.com/pleuraleffusion/ or find the respiratory section in the Zero to Finals medicine book.

This episode covers the causes ...

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This episode covers pleural effusions.

Written notes can be found at https://zerotofinals.com/medicine/respiratory/pleuraleffusion/ or in the respiratory section of the 2nd edition of the Zer ...

This episode reviews pleural effusions and how to distinguish between their different causes.

Read more on this topic in Harrison's.

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