pain at the procedural site, dyspnea, cough, and pleuritic chest pain. [doi.org]

Using a 25-gauge needle, place a wheal of local anesthetic over the insertion point. [merckmanuals.com]

These patients underwent 45 US-guided thoracenteses over 26 months. Clopidogrel was not discontinued before the thoracentesis in patients presenting with symptomatic pleural effusion. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The catheter is then fed over the needle introducer and fed all the way to the hub. [medcaretips.com]

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Patients' symptoms, including chest pain, chest discomfort, and cough were recorded simultaneously. RESULTS: There was no correlation between the amount of pleural fluid removed and the development of symptoms. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

If a large amount of fluid (eg, 500 mL) is withdrawn, monitor patient symptoms and blood pressure and stop drainage if the patient develops chest pain, dyspnea, or hypotension. [merckmanuals.com]

These and other authors concluded that cough is a physiologic sign of lung re-expansion and should not prompt termination of the procedure ( Heidecker 2006 ). 0 If chest pain occurs during thoracentesis, pleuritic chest pain must be differentiated from [emcrit.org]

Tell your provider if you feel short of breath or have chest pain. Normally, very little fluid is in the pleural space. A buildup of too much fluid between the layers of the pleura is called a pleural effusion. [nlm.nih.gov]

In the second case, we performed thoracentesis in a fetus with a unilateral pleural effusion and skin edema at the gestational age of 17 weeks. Complete resolution was achieved after a single thoracentesis, and the outcome was uneventful. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

RESULTS: The most common rationale for the use of the supine position was back or leg pain in 6 patients and hemi-or quadriplegia in 4. The operators chose the posterolateral approach in all 15 patients. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Outpatients were called within 2 weeks after their procedure to determine whether they had any symptoms suggestive of hemothorax. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

RESULTS: The most common rationale for the use of the supine position was back or leg pain in 6 patients and hemi-or quadriplegia in 4. The operators chose the posterolateral approach in all 15 patients. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]