Objective: To determine the comparative effectiveness of common pleural drainage procedures for treatment of pneumonia complicated by parapneumonic effusion (ie, complicated pneumonia). Design: ...

thoracentesis with a catheter rather than a sharp needle. Various specially designed thoracentesis trays are available for introducing small catheters into the pleural space. Alternatively, newer ...

Gulrajani, R. (2008) Avoiding hospital admission to drain pleural effusions. This is an extended version of the article published in Nursing Times; 104: 14, 30-31. This article describes the ...

Unlike current approaches that require frequent outpatient drainage through an externalized catheter or prolonged hospitalization for invasive pleurodesis procedures, Pleural Dynamics' Automatic ...

Background: Video-assisted thoracoscopy and atypical resection of lung parenchyma is a surgical procedure that is carried out very commonly around the world, mainly to determine the degree of ...

2.1.1 A fetal pleural effusion may be associated with many different conditions, such as chromosomal abnormalities, congenital malformations, chylothorax, anaemia, heart defects and infections. Some ...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pleural Dynamics, a medical device company that is building solutions for recurrent fluid collections in the body, announced today that the final patient in “The ACES™ ...

This multicenter study is the largest to evaluate the management of children hospitalized with complicated pneumonia. We found considerable variation in initial management and outcomes across ...

Pleural Dynamics, Inc. today announced positive results from a prospective, multicenter study evaluating its Automatic Continuous Effusion Shunt (ACES) device for the management of symptomatic ...