Sonograpically guided small-bore chest tubes and sonographic monitoring for rapid sclerotherapy of recurrent malignant pleural effusions

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1171-1176

  Sartori, Sergio ^a   Tombesi, Paola ^a   Tassinari, Davide ^b   Ceccotti, Piercarlo ^a   Nielsen, Ingrid ^a   Trevisani, Lucio ^a   Abbasciano, Vincenzo ^a  

^a S ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Civil Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bleomycin; Malignant pleural effusion; Rapid pleurodesis; Sonography

Indexed keywords

CATHETERS; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TREATMENT;

FLUID EVACUATION; SCLEROTHERAPY; SONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONICS;

BLEOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCLEROTHERAPY; SIDE EFFECT; THORACOCENTESIS; TUBE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CANCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR RECURRENCE; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADULT; AGED; CHEST TUBES; DRAINAGE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; PLEURODESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROTHERAPY;

EID: 4444338380     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2004.23.9.1171     Document Type: Article

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