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  1. Securing the chest tube: in search of the elusive solution

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, July 2022, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Jose M Porcel

  2. Management of recurrent transudative pleural effusions: can we REDUCE unnecessary interventions?

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, February 2022, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Jose M Porcel

  3. Ambulatory management of secondary spontaneous pneumothorax: a mirage, or a solution on the horizon?

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, June 2021, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Jose M Porcel

  4. PILOTing towards a RAPID predictor of mortality for infectious pleural effusions

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, November 2020, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Jose M Porcel

  5. Pleural diseases and COVID-19: ubi fumus, ibi ignis

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, September 2020, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Jose M Porcel

  6. PLEASE, take a deep breath

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, May 2020, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Jose M Porcel

  7. Two vs. three weeks of treatment with amoxicillin-clavulanate for stabilized community-acquired complicated parapneumonic effusions. A preliminary non-inferiority, double-blind, randomized, controlled trial

    Article • Pleura and Peritoneum, February 2020, De Gruyter

    Jose M Porcel

  8. Dual intracavitary therapy for pleural infections: leaving reluctance behind

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, August 2019, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Jose M Porcel

  9. Ultrasound-based elastography: “hard” to implement in the pleural effusion work-up?

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, August 2019, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Jose M Porcel

  10. Improving the management of spontaneous pneumothorax

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, December 2018, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Jose M Porcel

  11. Phenotyping primary spontaneous pneumothorax

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, September 2018, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Jose M Porcel

  12. Biomarkers in the diagnosis of pleural diseases: a 2018 update

    Article • Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease, January 2018, SAGE Publications

    Jose M Porcel

  13. Computed tomography scoring system for discriminating between parapneumonic effusions eventually drained and those cured only with antibiotics

    Article • Respirology, March 2017, Wiley

    Jose M Porcel

  14. Comparing approaches to the management of malignant pleural effusions

    Article • Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine, March 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Jose M Porcel, Mei Sze Lui, Y C Gary Lee

  15. Trends in Pleural Effusion Research: A Bibliometric Analysis From the Scopus Database

    Article • PLEURA, May 2016, SAGE Publications

    Jose M Porcel

  16. Comparison of pleural N‐terminal pro‐B‐type natriuretic peptide, midregion pro‐atrial natriuretic peptide and mid‐region pro‐adrenomedullin for the diagnosis of pleural effusions associated with cardiac failure

    Article • Respirology, March 2013, Wiley

    Jose M Porcel