We thank Wallis and Guptha for sharing their audit results. Their results show that the
majority of their patients were admitted with an infection, which was also stated as the cause …

We thank Wallis and Guptha for sharing their audit results. Their results show that the
majority of their patients were admitted with an infection, which was also stated as the cause …

A Rwandan man aged 32 sought advice after two weeks of fever and malaise. He had
returned to the UK three months previously from a visit to Uganda during which time he had …

Editor–We read with interest Bhatnagar and Maskell's paper on pleural teams (Clin Med
October 2013 pp 452–456). They outlined a role for palliative care and stated that hospital …

He was commenced on intravenous antibiotics for presumed pneumonia based on his chest
X-ray, which seemed to show left middle zone opacification (figure 1), and after 2 days, he …

Thank you for the opportunity to respond to the letter by Kafetz and Atkin. They state that our
paper 'shows the limitations of an approach grounded in the specialty of palliative care that …

My father was a big man, in more ways than one! He was my mentor, guide and friend, on a
personal and professional level. The last lesson he taught me, was how to die. There has …

To the Editor: Rahman and colleagues (Aug. 11 issue) 1 found improved fluid drainage in
patients with pleural infections and a reduced frequency of surgical referral and duration of …

BACKGROUND The Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust serves just over half a
million people across four different sites. There is a well-established pleural service. 1 …

In this issue, Lara et al.[1] reported on 71 patients with pleural effusion. Using the accepted
clinical, chest x-ray and diagnostic thoracentesis criteria [2], these authors first tested the …