Identify pleural effusion and estimate for safety of bedside thoracentesis ... Evaluate for joint effusion and assess for safety of bedside arthrocentesis or joint injection. Use ultrasound guidance ...

Transcutaneous thoracic ultrasonography is more diagnostically conclusive in detecting pleural effusion than the methods ... Signal amplification ultrasound is gaining importance in the detection ...

A biobank and national randomised controlled trial examining if thoracic ultrasound can improve the success of ... to improve pleurodesis in patients with complicated malignant pleural effusion. This ...

Pleurisy, or pleural effusion, is a condition in which the pleura, two large, thin layers of tissue that separate your lungs from your chest wall becomes inflamed. Not all patients will need ...

with an emphasis on malignant effusions and their management; pleural infection; novel diagnostics; and thoracic ultrasound. He regularly organises and teaches on pleural courses for the British ...