Use of tunnelled catheters for malignant pleural effusions in patients fit for pleurodesis

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 759-762

  Tremblay, A ^a,b   Mason, C ^a   Michaud, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Dyspnoea; Pleural effusion; Pleurodesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG RE EXPANSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUNNELLED CATHETER; AGED; CATHETERIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PLEURA; PLEURA CAVITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

SCLEROSING AGENT; TALC;

AGED; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PLEURA; PLEURAL CAVITY; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; PLEURODESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; TALC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38449117492     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00164706     Document Type: Article

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