Outpatient management of malignant pleural effusion by a chronic indwelling pleural catheter

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 369-375

  Putnam Jr , Joe B ^a   Walsh, Garrett L ^a   Swisher, Stephen G ^a   Roth, Jack A ^a   Suell, Douglas M ^a   Vaporciyan, Ara A ^a   Smythe, W Roy ^a   Merriman, Kelly W ^a   DeFord, Linda L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INDWELLING CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL RISK;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TEXAS; THORACOSTOMY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034006733     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01482-4     Document Type: Article

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