A simple solution for complicated pleural effusions

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 697-700

  Murthy, Sudish C ^a   Okereke, Ikenna ^a   Mason, David P ^a   Rice, Thomas W ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Malignancy; Pleural effusions; Respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PAIN; PATIENT SAFETY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA METASTASIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SEROMA; THORAX CANCER; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CATHETERIZATION; INDWELLING CATHETER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TUBE;

CATHETERIZATION; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CHEST TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION;

EID: 34247842976     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1556-0864(15)30384-1     Document Type: Article

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