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Key Highlights From the American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology Evidence-Informed Guidelines and Expert Panel Report for the Management of Indwelling Pleural Catheters

  • CDR Russell J. Miller
  • , Ara A. Chrissian
  • , Y. C.Gary Lee
  • , Najib M. Rahman
  • , Momen M. Wahidi
  • , Alain Tremblay
  • , David W. Hsia
  • , Francisco A. Almeida
  • , Samira Shojaee
  • , Lakshmi Mudambi
  • , Adam R. Belanger
  • , Harmeet Bedi
  • , Yaron B. Gesthalter
  • , Margaret Gaynor
  • , Karen L. MacKenney
  • , Sandra Zelman Lewis
  • , Roberto F. Casal

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Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)920-923
Number of pages4
JournalChest
Volume159
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1 2021

Funding

FINANCIAL/NONFINANCIAL DISCLOSURES: The authors have reported to CHEST the following: N. M. R. has received personal fees for consultancy work and an unrestricted educational grant from Rocket Medical and was the lead investigator of the MIST-2 trial, funded by unrestricted educational grant from Roche UK. Y. C. G. L was the lead investigator of AMPLE-1, -2 and currently -3. Rocket Medical provided free drainage equipment for participants in these multicenter randomized trials. He also served on the advisory board of CareFusion/BD (manufacturer of PleurX catheter) and has received an unrestricted educational grant from Rocket Medical UK for support of AMPLE-2. Additionally, he was a co-Investigator of the MIST-2 trial, funded by an unrestricted educational grant from Roche UK. A. T. was a consultant for, and receipt of royalties for intellectual property from BD Inc. (manufacturer of PleurX catheter). None declared (R. J. M., A. A. C., M. M. W., D. W. H., F. A. A., S. S., L. M., A. R. G., H. B., Y. B. G., M. G., K. L. M., R. F. C., S. Z. L.). FUNDING/SUPPORT: These guidelines were commissioned and funded solely by the American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology. FINANCIAL/NONFINANCIAL DISCLOSURES: The authors have reported to CHEST the following: N. M. R. has received personal fees for consultancy work and an unrestricted educational grant from Rocket Medical and was the lead investigator of the MIST-2 trial, funded by unrestricted educational grant from Roche UK. Y. C. G. L was the lead investigator of AMPLE-1, -2 and currently -3. Rocket Medical provided free drainage equipment for participants in these multicenter randomized trials. He also served on the advisory board of CareFusion/BD (manufacturer of PleurX catheter) and has received an unrestricted educational grant from Rocket Medical UK for support of AMPLE-2. Additionally, he was a co-Investigator of the MIST-2 trial, funded by an unrestricted educational grant from Roche UK. A. T. was a consultant for, and receipt of royalties for intellectual property from BD Inc. (manufacturer of PleurX catheter). None declared (R. J. M., A. A. C., M. M. W., D. W. H., F. A. A., S. S., L. M., A. R. G., H. B., Y. B. G., M. G., K. L. M., R. F. C., S. Z. L.).

Funders
American Association for Bronchology
BD Inc.
Rocket Medical UK
Roche

    Keywords

    • catheter
    • effusion
    • guideline
    • malignant
    • pleural

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
    • Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
    • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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