A review of a pleural service.
This paper reviews the organisation and outcomes of a pleural service, specifically geared towards the management of malignant pleural effusions, in a district general hospital in the north east of England. We summarise the evidence behind local anaesthetic thoracoscopy and indwelling pleural catheters. We then summarise the review of our service, including a discussion around complications.
A Aujayeb, Respiratory Department, North Tyneside General Hospital, Rake Lane, North Shields, Tyne and Wear NE29 8NH, UK. Email avinash.aujayeb@nhct.nhs.uk.
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Parker
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D000368:Aged; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019468:Disease Management; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D055770:Interpleural Analgesia / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D035422:Pleural Cavity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D016066:Pleural Effusion, Malignant / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology
effusion; indwelling catheters; pleural; thoracoscopy