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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
inadequate?
study is most appropriate to identify the cause of pleural effusion when fluid analysis is
A. Scalene biopsy
B. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)
C. Pleural
needle biopsy D.Open surgical biopsy