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Question 65
K . is a 39 – year -old female who was admitted for evaluation of progressive activity
intolerance , and chest radiography revealed a large right lower lobe pleural effusion . A
pleural fluid tap was performed , but fluid analysis results were inconclusive and the
cause of the effusion could not be identified . The AGACNP knows that which diagnostic
study is most appropriate to identify the cause of pleural effusion when fluid analysis is
inadequate ?
A . Scalene biopsy
B . Video – assisted thoracoscopic surgery ( VATS )
C. Pleural
needle biopsy D . Open surgical biopsy