Open AccessCurrent practice in management of exudative pleural effusions—a survey of American Association of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology (AABIP)
Author(s) -
Tuhina Raman,
S. McClelland,
Thaddeus Bartter,
Nikhil Meena
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2018.04.15
Subject(s) - medicine , thoracoscopy , pleural effusion , clinical practice , pulmonology , malignant pleural effusion , pleurodesis , intensive care medicine , radiology , general surgery , family medicine
With increased availability of techniques to address pleural effusions including medical thoracoscopy (MT) and tunneled pleural catheter (TPC), we anticipate there has been an evolution in the practice pattern. We sought to evaluate the current practice patterns in the management of exudative pleural effusion in the interventional pulmonary (IP) community.