Malignant pleural effusions: Treatment with tunneled long-term drainage catheters

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 302-307

  Pollak, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; SCLEROSING AGENT; TALC; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRAIN; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSION; PAIN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; REVIEW; SCLEROTHERAPY; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX DRAINAGE;

EID: 0036280177     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063198-200207000-00010     Document Type: Review

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