Successful talc slurry pleurodesis in patients with nonmalignant pleural effusion: Report of 16 cases and review of the literature

Chest

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1404-1409

  Glazer, Mendel ^a   Berkman, Neville ^a   Lafair, Joel S ^a   Kramer, Mordechai R ^b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Congestive heart failure; Pleural effusion; Talc slurry pleurodesis

Indexed keywords

TALC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHYLOTHORAX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YELLOW NAIL SYNDROME;

EID: 0034075266     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.117.5.1404     Document Type: Article

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