Pleural Disease Guideline Research Articles

Investigation of a unilateral pleural effusion in adults: British Thoracic Society pleural disease guideline 2010

Pleural effusions are a common medical problem with more than 50 recognised causes including disease local to the pleura or underlying lung, systemic conditions, organ dysfunction and drugs.1 Pleural effusions...

Pleural procedures and thoracic ultrasound: British Thoracic Society pleural disease guideline 2010

In hospital practice, pleural aspiration (thoracocentesis) and chest drain insertion may be required in many different clinical settings for a variety of indications. Doctors in most specialities will be exposed...

Management of spontaneous pneumothorax: British Thoracic Society pleural disease guideline 2010

The term ‘pneumothorax’ was first coined by Itard and then Laennec in 1803 and 1819 respectively,1 and refers to air in the pleural cavity (ie, interspersed between the lung and...

Management of pleural infection in adults: British Thoracic Society pleural disease guideline 2010

Pleural infection is a frequent clinical problem with an approximate annual incidence of up to 80 000 cases in the UK and USA combined. The associated mortality and morbidity is...

Local anaesthetic thoracoscopy: British Thoracic Society pleural disease guideline 2010

Thoracoscopy under local anaesthetic and intravenous sedation, also known as local anaesthetic thoracoscopy, medical thoracoscopy or pleuroscopy, is increasingly being performed by chest physicians in the UK. In 1999, 11...

Survey of major complications of intercostal chest drain insertion in the UK

BackgroundFollowing reports from the National Patient Safety Agency of deaths and serious harm from intercostal chest drains (ICD) we conducted a national survey among chest physicians of their experience of...

BTS guidelines for the insertion of a chest drain.

These guidelines have been replaced by BTS Pleural Disease Guideline 2010 Superseded By BTS Pleural Disease Guideline 2010: BTS Guidelines for the Management of Pleural Disease. Thorax 2003 May; 58(Suppl 2): 1–59.