Objectives Spontaneous pneumothorax is a common pathology. International guidelines
suggest pleurodesis for non-resolving air leak or recurrence prevention at second occurrence. …

Pleural space infections are increasing in incidence and continue to have high associated
morbidity, mortality, and need for invasive treatments such as thoracic surgery. The …

… Contribution details: JP Corcoran, I. Psallidas and NM Rahman conceived the review. E. …
NM Rahman, JP Corcoran and RM Mercer critically reviewed the manuscript. All authors …

Importance For treatment of malignant pleural effusion, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
(NSAIDs) are avoided because they may reduce pleurodesis efficacy. Smaller chest tubes …

Conservative management can be considered for the treatment of minimally symptomatic (ie,
no significant pain or breathlessness and no physiological compromise) or asymptomatic …

BACKGROUND Definitive diagnosis of pleural disease (particularly malignancy) depends
upon histologic proof obtained via pleural biopsy or positive pleural fluid cytology. Image-…

The definitive diagnosis of pleural malignancy depends upon histological confirmation by
pleural biopsy. CT is reported to have a high sensitivity and specificity for the diagnosis of …

Background Primary spontaneous pneumothorax occurs in otherwise healthy young patients.
Optimal management is not defined and often results in prolonged hospitalisation. Data on …

… contributions: JP Corcoran, NA Maskell and NM Rahman designed the study. JP Corcoran,
I… Conflict of interest: JP Corcoran reports grants from the UK Medical Research Council (MRC…

Interpreting pleural fluid results correctly requires an awareness of the possible aetiologies
of a pleural effusion and an understanding of the reliability of the outcome of each …