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Pleural effusion guidelines from ICS and NCCP Section 1: Basic principles, laboratory tests and pleural procedures
(Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2024) Devasahayam J. Christopher; Richa Gupta; Balamugesh Thangakunam; Jefferson Daniel; Surinder K. Jindal; Surya Kant; Prashant N. Chhajed; K.B. Gupta; Sahajal Dhooria; Sudhir Chaudhri; Dhruva Chaudhry; Dharmesh Patel; Ravindra Mehta; Rakesh K. Chawla; Arjun Srinivasan; Arvind Kumar; Shakti K. Bal; Prince James; Jebin S Roger; Avinash A. Nair; S.K. Katiyar; Ritesh Agarwal; Raja Dhar; Ashutosh N. Aggarwal; J.K. Samaria; Digambar Behera; Karan Madan; Raj B Singh; S.K. Luhadia; Nikhil Sarangdhar; George D' Souza; Amita Nene; Akhil Paul; Vimi Varghese; T.V. Rajagopal; M. Arun; Shraddha Nair; Dhivya A Roy; Benjamin E. Williams; Shona A. Christopher; Dhanawade V. Subodh; Nishant Sinha; Barney Isaac; Ashwin A. Oliver; N. Priya; Jedidiah Deva; Sujith T. Chandy; Richu Bob Kurien
Pleural effusion is a common problem in our country, and most of these patients need invasive tests as they can't be evaluated by blood tests alone. The simplest of them is diagnostic pleural aspiration, and diagnostic techniques such as medical thoracoscopy are being performed more frequently than ever before. However, most physicians in India treat pleural effusion empirically, leading to delays in diagnosis, misdiagnosis and complications from wrong treatments. This situation must change, and the adoption of evidence-based protocols is urgently needed. Furthermore, the spectrum of pleural disease in India is different from that in the West, and yet Western guidelines and algorithms are used by Indian physicians. Therefore, India-specific consensus guidelines are needed. To fulfil this need, the Indian Chest Society and the National College of Chest Physicians; the premier societies for pulmonary physicians came together to create this National guideline. This document aims to provide evidence based recommendations on basic principles, initial assessment, diagnostic modalities and management of pleural effusions. © The Author(s) 2024.