it really depends on the amount of pleural fluid that needs to be drained. During thoracentesis it will most likely be a 10 ml syringe, but if need be, a chest tube will be inserted in the case of...
If blood is in the accumulating fluid, the condition is called "hemothorax" Blood in the pleural space (hemothorax) usually results from a chest injury. Rarely, a blood vessel ruptures into the...
Hemorrhage within the pleural space generally does not clot due to mechanical defibrination and activation of fibrinolytic mechanisms. Clotting also is impaired by the disappearance of platelets...
The tissue in the chest corresponding to the peritoneum is called the pleura, and the space contained within the pleura, between the ribs and the lungs, is called the pleural space.