Transudative pleural effusion
Diagnosis certain
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Point-of-care ultrasound can be utilised to identify pleural effusion(s) and locate appropriate sites for drainage. Ultrasound can also be used to provide real-time guidance for pleural drain insertion.
- Light's criteria is used to determine if pleural effusions are transudative or exudative.
- Pneumothorax represents the most common complication of thoracentesis and develops in approximately 3% of patients when ultrasound guidance is used
(1)1. This is significantly lower than the rate of pneumothorax in blind thoracentesis, with pneumothorax complicating up to 30% of procedures (although multiple observational studies have demonstrated rates of <12%) (2,3). - Patients who are haemodynamically unstable or develop tension pneumothorax should undergo chest tube thoracostomy or needle decompression of the pleural space.
-<ul>-<li>Point-of-care ultrasound can be utilised to identify pleural effusion(s) and locate appropriate sites for drainage. Ultrasound can also be used to provide real-time guidance for pleural drain insertion.</li>-<li>Light's criteria is used to determine if pleural effusions are transudative or exudative.</li>-<li>Pneumothorax represents the most common complication of thoracentesis and develops in approximately 3% of patients when ultrasound guidance is used (1). This is significantly lower than the rate of pneumothorax in blind thoracentesis, with pneumothorax complicating up to 30% of procedures (although multiple observational studies have demonstrated rates of <12%) (2,3).</li>-<li>Patients who are haemodynamically unstable or develop tension pneumothorax should undergo chest tube thoracostomy or needle decompression of the pleural space.</li>-</ul>- +<p>Point-of-care ultrasound can be utilised to identify pleural effusion(s) and locate appropriate sites for drainage. Ultrasound can also be used to provide real-time guidance for pleural drain insertion.</p><p>Light's criteria is used to determine if pleural effusions are transudative or exudative.</p><p>Pneumothorax represents the most common complication of thoracentesis and develops in approximately 3% of patients when ultrasound guidance is used <sup>1</sup>. This is significantly lower than the rate of pneumothorax in blind thoracentesis, with pneumothorax complicating up to 30% of procedures (although multiple observational studies have demonstrated rates of <12%) (2,3).</p><p>Patients who are haemodynamically unstable or develop tension pneumothorax should undergo chest tube thoracostomy or needle decompression of the pleural space.</p>
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Post-removal Chestchest X-ray (Day 1)