Interventional pulmonology and pleural diseases

Poster Discussion
Chairs: M. Froudarakis (Alexandroupolis, Greece), J. Janssen (Nijmegen, The Netherlands)

Medical thoracoscopy in pneumothorax A. K. Singh, V. Nangia, R. S. Chatterji, H. Tewari, N. Dalal (New Delhi, India)
Outpatient management of primary spontaneous pneumothorax- A safety and economic review D. S. Rao, C. Morley, L. Ahmed (London, United Kingdom)
Ambulatory management of spontaneous pneumothorax with pigtail catheters F. Voisin, L. Sohier, Y. Rochas, M. Kerjouan, C. Ricordel, C. Belleguic, B. Desrues, S. Jouneau (Rennes, Lorient, France)
Propofol versus midazolam for conscious sedation in medical thoracoscopy: A randomized non-inferiority trial P. Grendelmeier, E. Pflimlin, M. Tamm, D. Stolz (Basel, Switzerland)
Medical thoracoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of lung/pleural disease: Sharing an experience of 1125 cases G. Hardavella, D. Zachilas, G. Doga, M. Dassiou, S. Malagaris, G. Papavasileiou, N. Anastasiou (Kifissia, Athens, Greece)
Medical thoracoscopy – Patient and procedure characteristics A. Lakhanpal, A. Kwok, S. Zhao, C. J. Warburton, B. Chakrabarti (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
Idiopathic pleuritis: Truth or myth? G. Hardavella, D. Zachilas, G. Doga, N. Anastasiou (Athens, Greece)
A survey of thoracic ultrasound and pleural procedures in the West Midlands J. Bwika, C. Lynch, E. Nash (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
A randomised controlled study comparing the outcomes of pleural nurse practitioner (NP) versus doctors trained to perform pleural procedures for management of pleural effusions E. Reid, S. Chatterji, S. Marciniak, P. Sivasothy (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
A review of outcomes of indwelling pleural catheters (IPC) for malignant pleural effusions (MPE) at the Cambridge Pleural unit UK T. Pulimood, S. Chatterji, E. Reid, P. Sivasothy (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
US guided true cut needle biopsy of the pleura R. Petkov, Y. Yamakova, E. Petkova (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Potential role of total antioxidant status ratio in differential diagnosis of pleural effusion D. Dubava, M. Tirzite, I. Stukena, A. Krams, A. Lejnieks (Riga, Latvia)
Therapeutic performance of videoassisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) in compare of pleuroscopy and intercosatal drain (ICD) + intra pleural fibrinolytic therapy (IPFT) in investigation and management of pleural diseases V. Patel, M. Patel, A. Patel, H. Dumra, G. Raval, T. Patel (Ahmedabad, India)
A low-cost method of managing pleural effusions T. Sen Dutt, S. Tousheed, K. Hibare, M. Mohan, V. Gupta (Bangalore, India)
An image-guided diagnostic pathway for undiagnosed pleural exudates C. Koegelenberg, F. von Groote-Bidlingmaier, J. Bruwer, E. Batubara, C. Bolliger (Deceased), E. Irusen, A. Diacon (Cape Town, South Africa)
Management and short-term outcomes of non-traumatic pneumothorax (PT) in a department of respiratory medicine U. Iepsen, T. Ringbaek (Herlev, Hvidovre, Denmark)
When to use fibrinolytics in empyema- are there clear recommendations? J. Plutinsky, Z. Taligova, S. Szaboova, I. Libakova, K. Bitter (Nitra, Slovakia)
Bleeding complications after pleural procedures in patients on antiplatelet therapy: A French survey L. Dangers, T. Similowski, C. Chenivesse (Paris, France)