Respirology

Pleural Diseases Virtual Issue

Welcome to the FREE Pleural Diseases Virtual Issue

Edited by JOSÉ M. PORCEL AND Y.C. GARY LEE

This Virtual Issue collates invited reviews from our series on Pleural Diseases Edited by Prof. José M. Porcel Professor of Medicine and Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Arnau de Vilanova University Hospital in Lleida, Spain and Prof Y.C. Gary Lee, MBChB PhD FRACP of the Respiratory Department of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and the University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia. Dr Porcel is ACCP Regent for Spain and, currently, Associate Editor for Respirology and Co-editor of the International Pleural Newsletter. Professor Lee is the Director of Pleural Services at the Respiratory Department of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Australia and leads clinical and laboratory pleural research at the University of Western Australia. This review series covers the latest research and clinical advances in pleural diseases reviewed by internationally renowned expert in the field.

	Pearls and myths in pleural fluid analysis José M. PORCEL
	Translational advances in pleural malignancies Georgios T. STATHOPOULOS
	Update on uncommon pleural effusions Jay H. RYU, Sara TOMASSETTI and Fabien MALDONADO
	Pleural controversy: Optimal chest tube size for drainage Richard W. LIGHT
	Interventional radiology of pleural diseases TAHREEMA N. MATIN and FERGUS V. GLEESON
	Pathology of the pleura: What the pulmonologists need to know PHILIP T. CAGLE and TIMOTHY CRAIG ALLEN
	Pleural infection: Changing bacteriology and its implications THIAGO LISBOA, GRANT W. WATERER and Y.C. GARY LEE
	Pleural controversy: Aetiology of pneumothorax DEMONDES HAYNES and MICHAEL H. BAUMANN
	Pleural controversy: Closed needle pleural biopsy or thoracoscopy - Which first? COENRAAD F.N. KOEGELENBERG and ANDREAS H. DIACON
	Pleural controversy: Pleurodesis versus indwelling pleural catheters for malignant effusions PAUL MACEACHERN, ALAIN TREMBLAY
	Intrapleural therapy J. TERRILL HUGGINS, PETER DOELKEN and STEVEN A. SAHN