Annual Congress Vienna 2012

---

---

PG16 ERS/ACCP joint course on diagnostic and management strategies for pleural disorders

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: V. Cottin (Lyon, France), M. Baumann (Jackson, United States of America)
Aims: This course will provide an understanding of and review common radiographic, CT and ultrasound findings in pleural disease. The aims of the course are to: review the diagnosis of empyema and understand non-surgical and surgical approaches to empyema management; provide understanding of the epidemiology, presentation and management options of spontaneous, traumatic and iatrogenic pneumothorax; and review diagnostic strategies and management options for malignant effusions, including pleurodesis and indwelling pleural catheters.

HERMES links: ADULT - B.11 Pleural diseases.

Pleural imaging F. Gleeson (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Pneumothorax M. Baumann (Jackson, United States of America)
Pleural infection and empyema N. Maskell (Bristol, United Kingdom)
Malignant pleural disease Y. Gary Lee (Crawley, Australia)