Pleural diseases and interventions

E-Communication Session
Chairs: A. Valipour (Vienna, Austria), C. Bolliger (Cape Town, South Africa)
Influence of intravenous bevacizumab in cytokines expression on experimental pleurodesis induced by talc
S. Ribeiro, F. Vargas, M. Acencio, L. Antonangelo, G. Carnevale, R. Wu, E. Marchi, L. Teixeira (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
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The diagnostic yield of pleural cytology, needle biopsy, and video assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a survey
M. Malekmohammad, A. Fakharian, P. Faraji, P. Zarrinnegar, H. Emami (Tehran, Islamic Republic Of Iran)
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Intrapleural injection of talc and silver nitrate produce excellent pleurodesis in mice
H. Liao, M. Na, R. Light (Guangzhou, China; Nashville, United States Of America)
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IL-8, VEGF and TGFβ levels in serum (S) and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) of rabbits submitted to intrapleural injection of two different types of talc
L. Antonangelo, V. Figueiredo, E. Marchi, M. Acencio, L. Teixeira, C. Silva, F. Vargas (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
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Experimental pleurodesis using iodopovidone
L. Teixeira, F. Vargas, M. Acencio, F. Pitta, N. Novaes, V. Ribeiro, F. Zelada, L. Antonangelo, E. Marchi (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
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Is tube thoracostomy by the non consultant hospital doctors (NCHD) a safe procedure?
A. Aziz, L. Kelly, M. Saba, J. McKenna (Sligo, Ireland)
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Is blind closed pleural biopsy using Abraham‘s needle a viable procedure?
A. Dushianthan, S. Packham, C. Grange (Swansea, United Kingdom)
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A case of etanercept-induced alternating pleural effusions
I. Porfyridis, I. Kalomenidis, I. Psallidas, G. Stratakos, T. Vassilakopoulos, C. Roussos, G. T. Stathopoulos (Athens, Greece)
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Audit of success rate and complications of talc slurry pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusions
M. Lavender, D. Laws, T. Desai, C. Baker (Southampton, Hampshire, Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom)
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Unilateral massive transudative pleural effusion
I. Ozmen, E. Aksoy, N. Aykac, T. Sevim, G. Atac, K. Terzioglu, H. Arpag, K. Tahaoglu (Istanbul, Turkey)
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The role of vascular endothelial growth factor in tuberculous and parapneumonic pleural effusions
D. Tas, O. Okutan, O. M. Ipcioglu, F. Ciftci, Z. Kartaloglu (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Compliance to the British Thoracic Society (BTS) guidelines of the investigation and management of pleural effusion in adults: an audit of practice from a general hospital in Ireland
A. AZIZ, J. O‘ Halloran, M. Saba, J. McKenna (Sligo, Ireland)
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Chest drainage as a curative and palliative method
J. Plutinsky, H. Pechacova, S. Petricek, D. Magula, K. Bitter, M. Michalickova, B. Matula (Nitra, Slovakia)
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Specialist clinic for exudative pleural effusions (EPE) improves outcome
A. Nataraja, C. Winterbottom, S. Menzies, A. Datta, J. Ojoo (Northampton, Oxford, York, United Kingdom)
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The diagnostic value of low pleural fluid pH
J. Madi, K. Mousbah, H. Sudani (Tripoli, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)
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Variation of the atmospheric pressure and primary spontaneous pneumothorax – new data in pathophysiology
G. Silva, A. Szantho, C. Alcobia, M. Loureiro, M. Baganha (Coimbra, Portugal)
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