Malignant pericardial effusion treated with intrapericardial bleomycin

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 281-282

  Thai, Vincent ^a,b   Oneschuk, Doreen ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c GREY NUNS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; MORPHINE; TETRACYCLINE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER METASTASIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; BLEOMYCIN; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; HUMANS; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION;

EID: 34248344555     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2006.0228     Document Type: Letter

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