Chair(s): Daniela Gompelmann, Avinash Aujayeb
Session type: Hot topics
Samira Shojaee
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Najib M. Rahman
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El?bieta Magdalena Grabczak
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Optimal delivery of an outpatient pathway: use of indwelling pleural catheters and combination strategies
Samira Shojaee
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Session aims
To discuss the evidence base for accelerated pathways in suspected malignant pleural effusion, including direct to biopsy and criteria for more comprehensive sampling by thoracoscopy; best practice in inpatient pleurodesis, including agents, techniques, timing and detection of the non-expansile lung; the optimal use of indwelling pleural catheters, including drainage frequency, adjuvants and management of complications; and the pathophysiology of symptoms and fluid production and how these might be manipulated to improve outcomes.