Practicals · General Medicine · Procedural Skills
Pleural tap (thoracocentesis)
- Type
- Procedure
- Curriculum level
- PI (NMC)
- Also called
- thoracocentesis, pleural aspiration
Videos and resources
- VideoThoracentesis2:51
- VideoThoracentesis Medical Animation1:10
- +66 more links
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Where the curriculum asks for it
“Pleural tap (PI)” ( NMC curriculum, page 5)
“Performance of thoracentesis, ascitic tap and lumbar puncture” ( NBEMS DNB curriculum, page 23)