Thoracic ultrasound in the modern management of pleural disease
Physician-led thoracic ultrasound (TUS) has substantially changed how respiratory disorders, and in particular pleural diseases, are managed. The use of TUS as a point-of-care test enables the respiratory physician to quickly and accurately diagnose pleural pathology and ensure safe access to the pl...
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| description | Physician-led thoracic ultrasound (TUS) has substantially changed how respiratory disorders, and in particular pleural diseases, are managed. The use of TUS as a point-of-care test enables the respiratory physician to quickly and accurately diagnose pleural pathology and ensure safe access to the pleural space during thoracentesis or chest drain insertion. Competence in performing TUS is now an obligatory part of respiratory speciality training programmes in different parts of the world. Pleural physicians with higher levels of competence routinely use TUS during the planning and execution of more sophisticated diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, such as core needle pleural biopsies, image-guided drain insertion and medical thoracoscopy. Current research is gauging the potential of TUS in predicting the outcome of different pleural interventions and how it can aid in tailoring the optimum treatment according to different TUS-based parameters. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-740f6b75915248b59874b995893023c92022-12-22T01:14:53ZengEuropean Respiratory SocietyEuropean Respiratory Review0905-91801600-06172020-04-012915610.1183/16000617.0136-20190136-2019Thoracic ultrasound in the modern management of pleural diseaseMaged Hassan0Rachel M. Mercer1Najib M. Rahman2 Chest Diseases Dept, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt Oxford Pleural Unit, Oxford Respiratory Trials Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Oxford Pleural Unit, Oxford Respiratory Trials Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Physician-led thoracic ultrasound (TUS) has substantially changed how respiratory disorders, and in particular pleural diseases, are managed. The use of TUS as a point-of-care test enables the respiratory physician to quickly and accurately diagnose pleural pathology and ensure safe access to the pleural space during thoracentesis or chest drain insertion. Competence in performing TUS is now an obligatory part of respiratory speciality training programmes in different parts of the world. Pleural physicians with higher levels of competence routinely use TUS during the planning and execution of more sophisticated diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, such as core needle pleural biopsies, image-guided drain insertion and medical thoracoscopy. Current research is gauging the potential of TUS in predicting the outcome of different pleural interventions and how it can aid in tailoring the optimum treatment according to different TUS-based parameters.http://err.ersjournals.com/content/29/156/190136.full |
| spellingShingle | Maged Hassan Rachel M. Mercer Najib M. Rahman Thoracic ultrasound in the modern management of pleural disease European Respiratory Review |
| title | Thoracic ultrasound in the modern management of pleural disease |
| title_full | Thoracic ultrasound in the modern management of pleural disease |
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| title_short | Thoracic ultrasound in the modern management of pleural disease |
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