Jesper Koefod Petersen, Katrine Fjaellegaard, Daniel B Rasmussen, Gitte Alstrup, Asbjørn Høegholm, Jatinder Singh Sidhu, Pradeesh Sivapalan, Oke Gerke, Rahul Bhatnagar, Paul Frost Clementsen, Christian B Laursen, Uffe Bodtger
BACKGROUND: Non-expandable lung (NEL) has severe implications for patient symptoms and impaired lung function, as well as crucial implications for the management of malignant pleural effusion (MPE). Indwelling pleural catheters have shown good symptom relief for patients with NEL; hence, identifying patients early in their disease is vital. With the inability of the lung to achieve pleural apposition following thoracentesis and the formation of a hydropneumothorax, traditionally, chest X-ray and clinical symptoms have been used to make the diagnosis following thoracentesis...
January 18, 2024: Diagnostics