• Respirology · Jan 2015

    Letter Clinical Trial

    Cough during therapeutic thoracentesis: friend or foe?

    • Monika Zielinska-Krawczyk, Marcin Michnikowski, Elzbieta M Grabczak, Krzysztof J Palko, Piotr Korczynski, Tomasz Golczewski, and Rafal Krenke.
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Pneumonology and Allergology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
    • Respirology. 2015 Jan 1; 20 (1): 166-8.

    AbstractWe report intriguing preliminary observations on the effect of cough on pleural pressure changes during therapeutic thoracentesis. We found that cough-related elevation of pleural pressure persisted even when the cough had stopped. Thus, we hypothesize that cough during therapeutic thoracentesis may have a beneficial effect preventing the excessive drop in pleural pressure. The true role of cough-related elevation of pleural pressure is unknown, but it seems to be an interesting subject for further research. © 2014 Asian Pacific Society of Respirology.

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