BTS guidelines for the investigation of a unilateral pleural effusion in adults.

Introduction to the methods used in the generation of the British Thoracic Society guidelines for the management of pleural diseases.

ed bullet points from each of the BTS guidelines for the management of pleural disease In this section the “bullet points” from each of the BTS guidelines for the management of pleural disease are presented together so that they can be easily reproduced and used for teaching, training, A&E handbooks, etc. INVESTIGATION OF A UNILATERAL PLEURAL EFFUSION IN ADULTS Clinical assessment and history •...

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This supplement contains six sections addressing many aspects of pleural disease. After an introductory section describing the methods to develop the guidelines and a summarization of key points, there is a section each on the investigation of a unilateral pleural effusion in adults and on guidelines for the insertion of a chest drain. Management sections address pleural infection, malignant pl...

BTS guidelines for the management of malignant pleural effusions.

Status of Exudative Pleural Effusion in Adults of South Khorasan Province, Northeast Iran: Pleural Tuberculosis Tending toward Elderly

The causes and situation of exudative pleural effusion vary from one area to another. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 327 patients with exudative pleural effusion in South Khorasan province (Iran). The patients were older than 12 years and comprised 172 (52.6%) males and 155 (47.4%) females. The study commenced in 2007 with seven years duration. The Light’s criteria were used to define...

Approach to undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion: the diagnostic yield of blind pleural biopsy

Background: Blind percutaneous pleural biopsy has traditionally been performed to investigate the etiology of exudative pleural effusion in which the initial thoracocentesis has been non- diagnostic. In view of the increasing use of image-guided and thoracoscopic pleural biopsies, this study examined the role of blind Abrams pleural biopsy in the investigation of the exudative pleural effusion ...