Thoracentesis is a minimally invasive procedure that involves inserting a needle into the pleural space around your lungs. The goal is to drain fluid or air in order to make it easier for you to ...

Use of routine thoracentesis in addition to medical therapy yielded no significant benefits for adults with heart failure and pleural effusions, according to a new study. For patients with acute heart ...

About your thoracentesis Thoracentesis is a procedure that takes out fluid from the space between your chest wall and lung. This space is called the pleural (PLOOR-ul) cavity. The procedure is done to ...

A 24-year-old man was admitted with a two-day history of shortness of breath and right chest pain. He had an eight-pack-year history of smoking with no significant medical history. He was febrile ...

Introduction: Therapeutic thoracentesis is highly effective in providing symptomatic improvement in patients with large volume pleural effusion (PE). However, some physiological effects of pleural ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Healthcare technology consultancy, Health Tech Enterprise (HTE), announced the successful procurement of £14,556 of funding for the further development of an innovative thoracentesis device, aimed at ...