Department of Respiratory Medicine, Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Worcester, UK.
British Thoracic Society, London, UK.
Thorax. 2015 Feb;70(2):189-91. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-204812. Epub 2014 Mar 21.
The BTS pleural procedures audit collected data over a 2-month period in June and July 2011. In contrast with the 2010 audit, which focussed simply on chest drain insertions, data on all pleural aspirations and local anaesthetic thoracoscopy (LAT) was also collected. Ninety hospitals submitted data, covering a patient population of 33 million. Twenty-one per cent of centres ran a specialist pleural disease clinic, 71% had a nominated chest drain safety lead, and 20% had thoracic surgery on site. Additionally, one-third of centres had a physician-led LAT service.
BTS 胸膜操作审核在 2011 年 6 月和 7 月的两个月期间收集数据。与仅关注胸腔引流管插入的 2010 年审核不同，该审核还收集了所有胸膜穿刺和局部麻醉性胸腔镜检查（LAT）的数据。90 家医院提交了数据，涵盖了 3300 万患者人群。21%的中心设有专门的胸膜疾病诊所，71%的中心有指定的胸腔引流安全负责人，20%的中心有胸外科。此外，三分之一的中心有医生主导的 LAT 服务。
