Prospective randomized trial of silver nitrate vs talc slurry in pleurodesis for symptomatic malignant pleural effusions

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 684-689

  Paschoalini, Marcello Da Silveira ^a   Vargas, Francisco S ^b   Marchi, Evaldo ^b   Pereira, José Rodrigues ^c   Jatene, Fabio B ^b   Antonangelo, Leila ^b   Light, Richard W ^d,e  

^a Hospital Perola Byington   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c AVC Cancer Institute   (Brazil)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SAINT THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Pleura; Pleural effusion; Pleurodesis; Silver nitrate; Talc

Indexed keywords

SILVER NITRATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TALC;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE;

EID: 23744439065     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.2.684     Document Type: Article

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