Safety and efficacy of using a surgivac pump for the drainage of chronic indwelling pleural catheters in malignant pleural effusions

Respirology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 461-464

  Al Halfawy, Ahmed ^a   Light, Richard ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Indwelling catheter; Lung cancer; Malignant pleural effusions; Pleurx; Surgivac

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMP; SUCTION DRAINAGE;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; EGYPT; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM CURETTAGE;

EID: 41849132821     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2008.01238.x     Document Type: Article

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