Pleural effusion guidelines from ICS and NCCP Section 1: Basic principles, laboratory tests and pleural procedures.
Journal
Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest Society
ISSN: 0970-2113
Titre abrégé: Lung India
Pays: India
ID NLM: 8405380
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 May 2024
01 May 2024
Historique:
received:
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01
2024
accepted:
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02
2024
medline:
5
5
2024
pubmed:
5
5
2024
entrez:
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2024
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ppublish
Résumé
Pleural effusion is a common problem in our country, and most of these patients need invasive tests as they can't be evaluated by blood tests alone. The simplest of them is diagnostic pleural aspiration, and diagnostic techniques such as medical thoracoscopy are being performed more frequently than ever before. However, most physicians in India treat pleural effusion empirically, leading to delays in diagnosis, misdiagnosis and complications from wrong treatments. This situation must change, and the adoption of evidence-based protocols is urgently needed. Furthermore, the spectrum of pleural disease in India is different from that in the West, and yet Western guidelines and algorithms are used by Indian physicians. Therefore, India-specific consensus guidelines are needed. To fulfil this need, the Indian Chest Society and the National College of Chest Physicians; the premier societies for pulmonary physicians came together to create this National guideline. This document aims to provide evidence based recommendations on basic principles, initial assessment, diagnostic modalities and management of pleural effusions.
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doi: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_33_24
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