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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3516/1410075
Infections in Invasive Pleural Procedures: A Single Centre Experience
Anna Duffy and Avinash Aujayeb
Article Type: Review Article | First Published: November 24, 2017
We are an established pleural centre offering medical thoracoscopy and indwelling pleural catheters. Our infection rates with prophylactic antibiotics were lower than the national average and given the era of antibiotic stewardship and lack of evidence to support the administration, we stopped giving them....
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3516/1410074
Antiplatelet Exposure and Bleeding Events in Patients Undergoing EBUS-TBNA
Kevin Swiatek, Rachel Guthrie, John O Elliott and Kim Jordan
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: August 11, 2017
Periprocedural management of aspirin and clopidogrel, antiplatelet agents, for Endobronchial Ultrasound with Transbronchial Needle Aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) remains unclear. Discontinuation of antiplatelet therapy has been questioned given the low risk of hemorrhagic complications reported with this procedure....
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3516/1410073
Pulmonary Complications of Sickle Cell Disease in the Pregnant Patient
Kevin G Lazo, Joanna B Eldredge, Anne Press and Bushra A Mina
Article Type: Review Article | First Published: July 14, 2017
Respiratory complaints are common symptoms in pregnancy, and it is important to delineate whether the causative factor is cardiac, pulmonary, or physiologic in origin. The pathophysiology of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) can further complicate the differential diagnosis....
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