Large unilateral pleural effusion
Educational use only. Not clinically reviewed63-year-old woman for Large unilateral pleural-effusion reassessment. About 9 simulated minutes.
What you will practise
- Reconcile the authored symptom trajectory, current safety, unilateral examination claims, and fixed imaging pattern.
- Record experienced pleural-team, image-guided diagnostic-sampling, and slow symptom-relief aspiration intent.
- After elapsed time, review the authored aspiration checkpoint and stop at new symptoms.
- Review the fixed paired-fluid classification while preserving the broad cause differential and pending results.
- Coordinate result ownership and individualized pleural evaluation for the unresolved unilateral effusion.
- After elapsed time, hand off response, residual effusion, open causes, pending results, complications, recurrence questions, and named owners.
Review and sources
Not clinically reviewed. No clinician has signed this scenario.
- Roberts ME, Rahman NM, Maskell NA, et al. British Thoracic Society Guideline for pleural disease. Thorax. 2023;78(Suppl 3):s1-s42.
- Asciak R, Bedawi EO, Bhatnagar R, et al. British Thoracic Society Clinical Statement on pleural procedures. Thorax. 2023;78(Suppl 3):s43-s68.
Open Sim Lab is an educational simulator, not for clinical use. It is not a clinical decision-support tool, not a dosing calculator, and is not validated for any decision affecting a real patient.