Society guideline links: Pleural effusion

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Sepsis in children and adults" and "Society guideline links: Diagnosis and management of lung cancer".)

Canada

●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Practice point on paediatric complicated pneumonia – Diagnosis and management of empyema (2018, updated 2021)

United States

●American College of Physicians (ACP): Clinical guideline for the appropriate use of point-of-care ultrasonography in patients with acute dyspnea in emergency department or inpatient settings (2021)

●American Association for Bronchoscopy and Interventional Pulmonology (AABIP): Evidence-informed guidelines and expert panel report for the management of indwelling pleural catheters (2020)

●American Thoracic Society (ATS)/Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)/Society of Thoracic Radiology (STR): Clinical practice guideline for the management of malignant pleural effusions (2018)

●American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS): Consensus guidelines for the management of empyema (2017)

Europe

●European Respiratory Society (ERS): Statement on thoracic ultrasound (2021)

●ERS/European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS): Statement on the management of malignant pleural effusions (2018)

United Kingdom

●British Thoracic Society (BTS): Guideline for pleural disease (2023)