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Pleural Disease
British Thoracic Society Training Standards for Thoracic Ultrasound (TUS)
  1. Andrew E Stanton1,
  2. Anthony Edey2,
  3. Matthew Evison3,4,
  4. Ian Forrest5,
  5. Sabrine Hippolyte6,
  6. Jack Kastelik7,
  7. Jennifer Latham8,
  8. Lola Loewenthal9,
  9. Thapas Nagarajan10,
  10. Mark Roberts11,
  11. Nicholas Smallwood12 and
  12. John E S Park13
  1. 1 Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, England, UK
  2. 2 Department of Imaging, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK
  3. 3 North West Lung Centre, University Hospital South Manchester, Manchester, UK
  4. 4 Institute of Inflammation and Repair, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
  5. 5 Respiratory Medicine, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
  6. 6 Respiratory Medicine, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK
  7. 7 Respiratory Medicine, Castle Hill Hospital, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Hull, UK
  8. 8 Respiratory Medicine, Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, Highland, UK
  9. 9 Respiratory Medicine, Guy's and Saint Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
  10. 10 Respiratory Medicine, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, UK
  11. 11 Respiratory Medicine, Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton-In-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, UK
  12. 12 Acute Medicine, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, Redhill, UK
  13. 13 Respiratory Medicine, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, Reading, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr John E S Park; jespark{at}btinternet.com

Abstract

Introduction The British Thoracic Society (BTS) responded to a call from the pleural community to establish this new Training Standard to detail the capabilities in practice for thoracic ultrasound (TUS), which will build on the previous curricula and extend the remit to include training for the emergency provision of TUS.

Methods BTS convened a working group to produce a set of Training Standards.

Results This document provides a comprehensive Training Standard for TUS facilitating timely and improved management of patients with respiratory presentations, particularly (but not exclusively) pleural pathologies.

Discussion The Training Standards document will be widely disseminated.

  • pleural disease
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https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2019-000552

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    • Correction notice This article has been corrected since it was first published. In figure 2 the word “basic” has been corrected to “primary”.

    • Contributors JP chaired the working group, and AS and JP as lead authors led the drafting and revision of the document. All authors contributed to drafting the document guideline and undertook revisions of the paper. JP and AS had final responsibility for the document submitted to BMJORR. Dr Anthony Edey represented the British Society of Thoracic Imaging.

      Dr Jack Kastelik represented the Respiratory Specialty Advisory Committee.

      Dr Nick Smallwood represented the Society for Acute Medicine.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests All authors have completed a declaration of interest form in line with BTS policy and copies are available from BTS head office on request. AE, SH, JK, JL, LL, TN, JP, MR, NS and AS have no funding to declare. ME has declared funding from Astra Zeneca, Pfizer, Abbvie and MSD. IF has declared funding from Boehringer Ingelheim.

    • Patient and public involvement Patients and/or the public were not involved in the design, or conduct, or reporting, or dissemination plans of this research.

    • Patient consent for publication Not required.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.