Medicine · Explanation & counselling

Pleural tap consent

Medium

10 min station · 2 min reading · Curtin Year 5

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2 min reading · 10 min station · reminders at 2 min

Instructions

You are an intern on the respiratory ward. Ivan Dunleavy, 71, has a large right pleural effusion. The registrar will do an ultrasound-guided pleural aspiration this afternoon and asks you to obtain consent.

  1. Obtain informed consent for a pleural aspiration

  • You do not need to take a full history, examine or do the procedure

Bloods

Platelets 260, INR 1.1