Rapid pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusions

Chest

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1895-1898

  Spiegler, Peter A ^a,b   Hurewitz, Adam N ^a   Groth, Maritza L ^a  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleomycin; Malignant; Pleural effusion; Pleurodesis; Tale slurry

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; SCLEROSING AGENT; TALC;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURODESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUBE;

EID: 0038805449     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.123.6.1895     Document Type: Article

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