Management of recurrent malignant pleural effusions with a chronic indwelling pleural catheter

Lung Cancer

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 123-127

  Van Den Toorn, Leon M ^a   Schaap, Elsbeth ^a   Surmont, Veerle F M ^a   Pouw, Ellen M ^a   Van Der Rijt, Karin C D ^a   Van Klaveren, Rob J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Malignant; Pleural catheter; Pleural effusions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CATHETERIZATION; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24744454370     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2005.05.016     Document Type: Article

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