Pleural Disease
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Establishing an outpatient pleural disease clinic
A thoracentesis clinic that offers direct, same-day outpatient care for pleural effusions enables nurse practitioners to perform both diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, speed up treatment, and quickly relieve patient symptoms.
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Panelists to preview updated CHEST guidelines on pneumothorax, persistent air leak
Kamran Mahmood, MD, MPH, FCCP, will chair a Tuesday session that will offer a sneak peek at the clinical issues in CHEST guidelines scheduled to be released next year.
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Updates in ninth edition of TNM classification criteria allow for more precise lung cancer staging
Hisao Asamura, MD, said the changes are critical to clinical decision-making in the evolving thoracic oncology treatment landscape.
