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. 2015 Feb;70(2):189-91.
doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-204812. Epub 2014 Mar 21.

Pleural procedures and patient safety: a national BTS audit of practice

Clare E Hooper  1 , Sally A Welham  2 , Nick A Maskell  3 ; British Thoracic Society
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Pleural procedures and patient safety: a national BTS audit of practice

Clare E Hooper et al. Thorax. 2015 Feb.

Abstract

The BTS pleural procedures audit collected data over a 2-month period in June and July 2011. In contrast with the 2010 audit, which focussed simply on chest drain insertions, data on all pleural aspirations and local anaesthetic thoracoscopy (LAT) was also collected. Ninety hospitals submitted data, covering a patient population of 33 million. Twenty-one per cent of centres ran a specialist pleural disease clinic, 71% had a nominated chest drain safety lead, and 20% had thoracic surgery on site. Additionally, one-third of centres had a physician-led LAT service.

Keywords: Pleural Disease.

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