Practicals · Family Medicine · Respiratory Medicine
Pleural tap (thoracocentesis / pleural fluid aspiration)
- Type
- Procedure
- Also called
- thoracocentesis, pleural aspiration
Videos and resources
- VideoThoracentesis2:51
- VideoThoracentesis Medical Animation1:10
- +66 more links
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Where the curriculum asks for it
“Pleural fluid aspiration” ( NMC curriculum, page 7)
“Pleural tap” ( NBEMS DNB curriculum, page 50)
“Pleural aspiration” ( NBEMS DNB curriculum, page 59)