Current Trends in Treating Malignant Pleural Effusion: Evidence, Guidelines, and Best Practice Recommendations.

Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is common in individuals with cancer and typically reflects advanced disease. Most cases are symptomatic, with dyspnea and pain having a severe effect on the patient's quality of life (QOL). The management of MPE aims to relieve symptoms, improve QOL, prevent repeated pleural interventions, and minimize hospital admissions.

Pneumomediastinum in COVID-19: a phenotype of severe COVID-19 pneumonitis? The results of the United Kingdom (POETIC) survey.

Background: There is an emerging understanding that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is associated with increased incidence of pneumomediastinum. We aimed to determine its incidence among patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in the United Kingdom and describe factors associated with outcome.

Methods: A structured survey of pneumomediastinum and its incidence was conducted from September 2020 to February 2021.

Diagnostic utility of endobronchial ultrasound guided transbronchial needle aspiration for mediastinal lesions: A prospective three year, single centre analysis.

Background:   The diagnostic yield of endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) over a 3-year period was analyzed.

Methods:   Consecutive patients who underwent EBUS for the evaluation of pulmonary/mediastinal lesions were recruited.

Results:   One hundred and ninety-one patients were studied (54% male, mean age, 65 years [standard deviation 11.

Performance characteristics of semirigid thoracoscopy in pleural effusions of undetermined etiology.

Background: The utility of the recently introduced semirigid thoracoscopy in undiagnosed pleural effusions is still unclear.

Methods: A single-center, 4-year retrospective analysis of all semirigid medical thoracoscopy procedures was done. The diagnostic accuracy of thoracoscopy was calculated as the number of positive diagnoses achieved by thoracoscopy in relation to the end-diagnosis achieved in the patient group by any means.

Utility of semirigid thoracoscopy in the diagnosis of pleural effusions: a systematic review.

Background And Objective: Pleural effusion of undetermined etiology (PEUE), where blind pleural aspirate/biopsy fails to yield an answer, often needs histologic study for a definitive diagnosis. Several studies have shown the potential utility of medical thoracoscopy (MT) in PEUE; results, however, are not uniform and a majority are available for rigid thoracoscopy. We sought to determine the diagnostic accuracy of the relatively new technique of semirigid thoracoscopy in PEUE through this systematic review.