The incidence of serious infection after common ultrasound-guided procedures, such as biopsy, fine-needle aspiration (a form of biopsy) and thoracentesis (procedure involving needle drainage of the ...

Pleural fluid analysis is the analysis of pleural fluid in the laboratory that occurs after a pleural tap, or thoracentesis. A thoracentesis is a procedure used to drain excess fluid from the space ...

Serious infections as a result of ultrasound-guided procedures, such as biopsy, fine-needle aspiration, and thoracentesis would rarely happen, according to a study. Ultrasound imaging, also called ...

Increased Use of Bedside Ultrasound Drives Remarkable Patient Outcomes: Zero Incidents of a Common Complication -Iatrogenic Pneumothorax (Collapsed Lung)- for Up to 36 Months Raising the standard for ...