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| LETTER TO EDITOR |
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| Year : 2012 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 302 |
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Comments: Pleuroscopy in undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion
Beuy Joob1, Viroj Wiwanitkit2
1 Sanitation 1 Medical Academic Center, Bangkhae, Bangkok, Thailand
2 Wiwanitkit House, Bangkhae, Bangkok, Thailand
| Date of Web Publication | 28-Jul-2012 |
Correspondence Address:
Beuy Joob
Sanitation 1 Medical Academic Center, Bangkhae, Bangkok
Thailand
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How to cite this article:
Joob B, Wiwanitkit V. Comments: Pleuroscopy in undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion. Lung India 2012;29:302 |
Sir,
The recent report on "pleuroscopy in undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion" is quite interesting. [1] Prabhu and Narasimhan concluded that, "Pleuroscopy is a safe, simple, and valuable tool in the diagnosis of undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion with minimal complication rates. [1]" Indeed, the use of pleuroscopy can have both advantage and disadvantage. At least, this test is not an actual non-invasive test. With no doubt, this procedure should be the final choice for approach. [2] In this report, no serious complication could be seen, which might be due to selection bias. It has to be used by trained practitioners. [3] Despite manipulation by expert, the reported complication rate is still up to 5 %. [3]
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| 1. | Prabhu VG, Narasimhan R. The role of pleuroscopy in undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion. Lung India 2012;29:128-30. 
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| 2. | McGrath EE, Anderson PB. Diagnosis of pleural effusion: A systematic approach. Am J Crit Care 2011;20:119-27.
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| 3. | Michaud G, Berkowitz DM, Ernst A. Pleuroscopy for diagnosis and therapy for pleural effusions. Chest 2010;138:1242-6.
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