Placement of a chest tube may be necessary for management of pleural space disease in mammals. This column describes two accepted techniques for thoracostomy tube placement in the dog. A thoracostomy ...

Clinicians frequently rely on expert opinions, which are sometimes later disproven by randomised controlled trials (RCTs). For example, intrapleural streptokinase was commonplace until the MIST-1 ...

Pleural biopsy may be required to confirm the diagnosis of unilateral pleural effusion with pleural malignancy. 21, 22 The BTS guidelines recommend that patients with MPE undergoing thoracoscopic ...

This infant was born following a diamnionic–monochorionic twin pregnancy and was the donor in a twin-to-twin transfusion. The mother was hospitalized at 26 weeks gestation because of preterm labor. A ...