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P15 A pilot study of a dedicated ballooned intercostal drain
(2016-11-15)Introduction Intercostal tube drainage of pleural air or fluid is an essential tool in the management of respiratory patients. A common complication of drain insertion is accidental removal of the drain, usually as a result ... -
Prospective validation of the RAPID clinical risk prediction score in adult patients with pleural infection: the PILOT study.
(2020-07)Background: Over 30% of adult patients with pleural infection either die and/or require surgery. There is no robust means of predicting at baseline presentation which patients will suffer a poor clinical outcome. A validated ... -
Providing safe and effective pleural medicine services in the UK: an aspirational statement from UK pleural physicians.
(2018-08)Physicians face considerable challenges in ensuring safe and effective care for patients admitted to hospital with pleural disease. While subspecialty development has driven up standards of care, this has been tempered by ... -
Reflections on integrated care from those working in and leading integrated respiratory teams.
(2018-01)The concept of integrated care has been advocated for many years to address some of the challenges faced by the NHS. This report examines the experiences of respiratory healthcare specialists working in an integrated role. ... -
Surgical lung biopsy for interstitial lung disease: when considered necessary, should these be done in larger and experienced centres only?
(2019-02-21)Surgical lung biopsy for ILD: higher volume centres may offer lower mortality, but data are only suggestive – we need more research, including into lower risk alternatives to conventional biopsy, to reduce risk for patients ... -
Treatment of tobacco dependence in UK hospitals: an observational study.
(2018-02)Over a million smokers are admitted to hospitals in the UK each year. The extent to which tobacco dependence is identified and addressed in this population is unclear. Data on 14,750 patients from 146 hospitals collected ... -
The UK Pleural Society.
(2019-04)With over 65 separate conditions affecting the pleura it is clear that pleural disease contributes hugely to the workload of respiratory physicians, who increasingly recognize pleural disease as a sub-specialty in its own ... -
Vitamin D and skeletal muscle strength and endurance in COPD.
(2013-02)Jackson, A, Shrikrishna, D, Kelly, J, Kemp, S, Hart, N, Moxham, J, Polkey, M, Kemp, P, & Hopkinson, N 2013, 'Vitamin D and skeletal muscle strength and endurance in COPD', The European Respiratory Journal, 41, 2, pp. 309-316.
