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  1. A randomised controlled trial of intrapleural balloon intercostal chest drains to prevent drain displacement
  2. Prospective validation of the RAPID clinical risk prediction score in adult patients with pleural infection: the PILOT study
  3. Findings of a feasibility study of pre-operative pulmonary rehabilitation to reduce post-operative pulmonary complications in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease scheduled for major abdominal surgery
  4. Cost-effectiveness of intrapleural use of tissue plasminogen activator and DNase in pleural infection: evidence from the MIST2 randomised controlled trial
  5. Pleural infection: a closer look at the etiopathogenesis, microbiology and role of antibiotics
  6. The role of pleurodesis in respiratory diseases
  7. Randomized Controlled Trial of Urokinase versus Placebo for Nondraining Malignant Pleural Effusion
  8. Pleural Diseases: Saline Irrigation in Pleural Infection, Epidemiology of Pneumothorax, and Bevacizumab in Mesothelioma
  9. Ultrasound in the management of pleural disease
  10. Rebuttal From Drs Corcoran and Rahman
  11. The Pleural Infection Longitudinal Outcome Study
  12. A phase I study of lipoteichoic acid-T (LTA-T, Oncomycin™) in malignant pleural effusion
  13. The second multi-centre intra-pleural sepsis trial (MIST2), to assess whether DNase or Alteplase, improve pleural fluid drainage in pleural infection