Chapter 10 Management of chronic breathlessness Miriam J. Johnson1, Carlo Barbetta2, David C. Currow3, Matthew Maddocks4, Vanessa McDonald5, Ravi Mahadeva6 and Martina Mason7 1Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre, Hull York…
Chapter 3 Access to palliative care Tim Peel1, Lynn F. Reinke2 and Claudia Bausewein3 1Retired Consultant in Respiratory and Palliative Medicine, Northumbria Palliative Care Unit, North Tyneside General Hospital, Northumbria…
Chapter 4 Supporting informal carers Morag Farquhar Primary Care Unit, Dept of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Institute of Public Health, Cambridge, UK. Correspondence: Morag Farquhar, Primary…
11 Techniques of Medical Thoracoscopy/Pleuroscopy The principles and technique of medical thoracoscopy using rigid instrumentation were developed in continental Europe during the second half of the last century. They have proven…
15 Pleural Effusions due to Diffuse Malignant Mesothelioma and Asbestos-related Pleural Diseases Fig. 15.1 Diffuse malignant mesothelioma (biphasic). After drainage of 3000 mL of hemorrhagic effusion, view toward the apex of…
19 Pleural Effusions of Other Origin Fig. 19.1 Complicated parapneumonic effusion. The lung (1) is bathed in turbid fluid (2) and fibrinous adhesions (→). Fig. 19.2 Fibrinopurulent stage of empyema. The…
16 Malignant Pleural Effusions Secondary to Metastatic Neoplasms Fig. 16.1 Malignant pleural effusion from metastatic uterine carcinoma. After drainage of 800 mL of serous effusion, numerous, whitish nodules on both visceral…
3 Indications for and Results of Medical Thoracoscopy/Pleuroscopy Medical thoracoscopy/pleuroscopy (MT/P) is today primarily a diagnostic procedure, but it can also be applied for therapeutic purposes (Mathur et al. 1994; Harris…
