Background: Ascites and pleural effusion are well recognized complications of pancreatic diseases. Drug therapy of these is limited by high cost, prolonged hospitalization and failure rates ...

Results Lung ultrasound enables diagnosis of pleural effusion, pneumonia, atelectasis, pulmonary contusion, pulmonary oedema and pneumothorax with high sensitivity and specificity. Sonographic ...

A retrospective evaluation of pleural intervention data in the UK reveals that inadequate use of thoracic ultrasound ...