title: Cough during therapeutic thoracentesis: friend or foe?
abstract: We report intriguing preliminary observations on the effect of cough on pleural pressure changes during therapeutic thoracentesis. We found that cough-related elevation of pleural pressure persisted even when the cough had stopped. Thus, we hypothesize that cough during therapeutic thoracentesis may have a beneficial effect preventing the excessive drop in pleural pressure. The true role of cough-related elevation of pleural pressure is unknown, but it seems to be an interesting subject for further research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Pneumonology and Allergology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zielinska-Krawczyk
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Michnikowski
authors.forename: Elzbieta M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Grabczak
authors.forename: Krzysztof J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Palko
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Korczynski
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Golczewski
authors.forename: Rafal
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Krenke
mesh_terms: D003371:Cough / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008365:Manometry / Q000379:methods; D035422:Pleural Cavity / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D000069258:Thoracentesis / Q000379:methods*
keywords: cough; pleural effusion; pleural manometry; pleural pressure; thoracentesis