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Comments: Pleuroscopy in undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion.

Beuy Joob1, Viroj Wiwanitkit.   

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Year:  2012        PMID: 22919180      PMCID: PMC3424880     

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Lung India        ISSN: 0970-2113


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Sir, The recent report on “pleuroscopy in undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion” is quite interesting.[1] Prabhu and Narasimhan concluded that, “Pleuroscopy is a safe, simple, and valuable tool in the diagnosis of undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion with minimal complication rates.[1]” Indeed, the use of pleuroscopy can have both advantage and disadvantage. At least, this test is not an actual non-invasive test. With no doubt, this procedure should be the final choice for approach.[2] In this report, no serious complication could be seen, which might be due to selection bias. It has to be used by trained practitioners.[3] Despite manipulation by expert, the reported complication rate is still up to 5 %.[3]
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1.  The role of pleuroscopy in undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion.

Authors:  V G Prabhu; R Narasimhan
Journal:  Lung India       Date:  2012-04

Review 2.  Pleuroscopy for diagnosis and therapy for pleural effusions.

Authors:  Gaetane Michaud; David M Berkowitz; Armin Ernst
Journal:  Chest       Date:  2010-11       Impact factor: 9.410

Review 3.  Diagnosis of pleural effusion: a systematic approach.

Authors:  Emmet E McGrath; Paul B Anderson
Journal:  Am J Crit Care       Date:  2011-03       Impact factor: 2.228

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1.  Authors' reply.

Authors:  V G Prabhu Ramnath; R Narasimhan
Journal:  Lung India       Date:  2012-07
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