RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Medical thoracoscopy - Patient and procedure characteristics
JF European Respiratory Journal
JO Eur Respir J
FD European Respiratory Society
SP P3091
VO 42
IS Suppl 57
A1 Arun Lakhanpal
A1 Apollinaris Kwok
A1 Sizheng Zhao
A1 Christopher James Warburton
A1 Biswajit Chakrabarti
YR 2013
UL http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/42/Suppl_57/P3091.abstract
AB Medical Thoracoscopy(MT) is a sensitive diagnostic and therapeutic tool for pleural disease1,2. Patient selection, premedication, analgesia and sedation are largely the operator’s choice1. We studied the case records of 169 patients who underwent rigid MT for diagnosis or pleurodesis at University Hospital Aintree between December 2003 and October 2012. Data was collected on Patient characteristics(Table1), Procedure details including doses of analgesia/sedation used and complications(Table2)View this table:Patient CharacteristicsView this table:Thoracoscopy details and complicationsConclusion-MT can be safely performed on patients with a wide range of Performance status and FEV1 as in our study population. Further studies are needed to define the patient and procedure characteristics to minimise failure rates and complications.References:1.Local Anaesthetic Thoracoscopy–BTS Pleural Disease Guideline 2010.Najib M Rahman,Nabeel J Ali,Gail Brown,et al.2.The role of thoracoscopy in the evaluation and management of pleural effusions.Boutin C,Astoul P,Seitz B.Lung.December 1990;Volume168,Issue 1 Suppl,pp1113-1121.