British Thoracic Society Pleural Disease Guideline 2010
Thorax, Vol 65, Suppl 2
Quick Reference Guide
Full Guideline
Cover and table of contents
Introduction and Methods – British Thoracic Society Pleural Disease Guideline 2010
Ingrid A Du Rand, Nick Maskell
Online Appendix 1: search strategy
Online Appendix 2: link to SIGN critical appraisal checklists
Investigation of a unilateral pleural effusion in adults – British Thoracic Society Pleural Disease Guideline 2010
Clare Hooper, YC Gary Lee, Nick Maskell
Web Appendix:
Evidence Table A, B, C
Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax – British Thoracic Society Pleural Disease Guideline 2010
Andrew MacDuff, Tony Arnold, John Harvey
Web Appendix:
Aspiration summary evidence table
Management of spontaneous pneumothorax A3 poster
Management of a Malignant Pleural Effusion – British Thoracic Society Pleural Disease Guideline 2010
Mark E Roberts, Edmund Neville, Richard G Berrisford, George Antunes, Nabeel J Ali
Web Appendix
Evidence Tables 1-5
Management of Pleural Infection – British Thoracic Society Pleural Disease Guideline 2010
Helen E Davies, Robert JO Davies,Christopher WH Davies
Web Appendix
Evidence Table
Local Anaesthetic Thoracoscopy – British Thoracic Society Pleural Disease Guideline 2010
Najib M Rahman, Nabeel J Ali, Gail Brown, Stephen J Chapman, Robert JO Davies, Nicola J Downer, Fergus V Gleeson, Timothy Q Howes, Tom Treasure, Shivani Singh & Gerrard D Phillips
Web appendix
Local anaesthetic thoracoscopy – practical guide to the procedure
Pleural procedures and thoracic ultrasound – British Thoracic Society Pleural Disease Guideline 2010
Tom Havelock, Richard Teoh, Diane Laws, Fergus V Gleeson
Web Appendix
Appendices 1-4
Evidence Tables
Patient information leaflet - chest drain insertion
Audit
BTS National Pleural Procedures Audit
BTS Learning Hub
An e-learning module for pleural aspiration and insertion of a Seldinger chest drain is available via the BTS Learning Hub.
The 2003 Pleural Disease Guideline are available here.