Pulmonology

Pleural Disease

Questions discussed in this category

Do you recommend the use of endobronchial valves in the management of patients with spontaneous pneumothorax with persistent air leak?

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How do you manage recurrent inflammatory pleural effusions in lupus pleuritis?

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Do you recommend the use of indwelling pleural catheters in the management of patients with hepatic hydrothorax requiring frequent drainage?

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What criteria do you use to consider pleurodesis vs indwelling tunneled catheters in patients with malignant pleural effusion?

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Do you use intrapleural tPA/dornase in loculated effusions that are not due to infection?

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Papers discussed in this category

J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol, 2021 Nov 10

Indwelling Pleural Catheter (IPC) for the Management of Hepatic Hydrothorax: The Known and the Unknown.

Chest, 2015-09

Intrapleural Fibrinolysis for the Treatment of Indwelling Pleural Catheter-Related Symptomatic Loculations: A Multicenter Observational Study.

J Thorac Dis,

The use of thrombolytics in the management of complex pleural fluid collections.

Chest, 2011-06

Rapid pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusions: a pilot study.

JAMA,

Effect of an indwelling pleural catheter vs chest tube and talc pleurodesis for relieving dyspnea in patients with malignant pleural effusion: the TIME2 randomized controlled trial.

JAMA,

Effect of Thoracoscopic Talc Poudrage vs Talc Slurry via Chest Tube on Pleurodesis Failure Rate Among Patients With Malignant Pleural Effusions: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

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