Clinical Guidelines

Walker S, Hallifax R, Ricciardi S, Fitzgerald D, Keijzers M, Lauk O, Petersen J, Bertolaccini L, Bodtger U, Clive A, Elia S, Froudarakis M, Lee YCG, Licht P, Massard G, Neudecker Jens, Roessner E, Van Schil P, Waller D, Walles T, Cardillo G, Maskell N and Rahman N.   Joint ERS/EACTS/ESTS Clinical Practice Guidelines on adults with spontaneous pneumothorax.   Eur Respir J 2023; in press

Miller RJ, Chrissian AA, Lee YCG, Rahman NM, Wahidi MM, Tremblay A, Hsia DW, Almeida FA, Shojaee S, Mudambi L, Belanger AR, Bedi H, Gesthalter YB, Gaynor M, MacKenney KL, Lewis SZ, Casal RF.   Key highlights from the AABIP Evidence-Informed Guidelines and Expert Panel Report for the management of indwelling pleural catheters.   CHEST 2020; S0012-3692(20)35122-9. 

Miller RJ; Chrissian AA, Lee YCG; Rahman NM, Wahidi MM, Tremblay A, Hsia DW, Almeida FA, Shojaee S, Mudambi L, Belanger AR, Bedi H, Gesthalter YB, Gaynor, M; MacKenney KL, Lewis SZ and Casal RF. AABIP Evidence-Informed Guidelines and Expert Panel Report for the Management of Indwelling Pleural Catheters. J Bronch Intervent Pulmon 2020; 27(4):229-245.   

Gilbert CR, Wahidi M, Light RW, Rivera P, Sterman DH, Thomas R, Shojaee S, Shoham S, Psallidas I, Ost D, Molena D, Maskell N, Maldonado F, Lierman M, Lee YCG, Lee H, Herth F, Grosu H, Gorden J, Fysh ETH, Corcoran J, Argento C, Akulian J, Rahman N and Yarmus LB.   Management of indwelling tunneled pleural catheters: a modified Delphi consensus statement.   CHEST 2020; 158(5):2221-2228. 

Reddy C, DeCamp MM, Diekemper R, Gould MK, Henry T, Iyer NP, Lee YCG, Lewis SZ, Maskell NA, Rahman NM, Sterman DH, Wahidi MM, Balekian AA and Feller-Kopman DJ. Summary for clinicians: clinical practice guideline for management of malignant pleural effusions. Ann Am Thorac Soc 2019; 16:17-21.  

Feller-Kopman DJ, Reddy C, DeCamp MM, Diekemper RL, Gould MK, Henry T, Iyer NP, Lee YCG, Lewis SZ, Maskell NA, Rahman NM, Sterman DH, Wahidi MM, Balekian AA; on behalf of the ATS Assembly on Thoracic Oncology. Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions: An official American Thoracic Society / Society of Thoracic Surgery / Society of Thoracic Radiology Clinical Practice Guideline.  Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2018; 198:839-849.  

Williamson JP, Twaddell S, Lee YCG, Salamonsen M, Hew M, Fielding D, Nguyen P, Steinfort D, Hopkins P, Smith N and Grainge C. Thoracic ultrasound recognition of competence – a position paper of the Thoracic Society of Australian and New Zealand. Respirology 2017; 22: 405-408.

Hooper C, Lee YCG and Maskell NA on behalf of the British Thoracic Society Pleural Guideline Group. Investigation of a unilateral pleural effusion in adults: British Thoracic Society Pleural Disease Guidelines 2010. Thorax 2010; 65: ii4-ii17.  [PDF]

Maskell NA on behalf of the British Thoracic Society Pleural Guideline Group. British Thoracic Society Pleural Disease Guidelines – 2010 update.  Thorax 2010; 65: 667-669. [PDF]