Management of malignant pleural effusions

Advances in Therapy

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 334-347

  Uzbeck, Mateen H ^a   Almeida, Francisco A ^a   Sarkiss, Mona G ^a   Morice, Rodolfo C ^a   Jimenez, Carlos A ^a   Eapen, Georgie A ^a   Kennedy, Marcus P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Management; Pleural effusion; Pleurodesis; Pleuroscopy; Thoracentesis

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; BLEOMYCIN; CHLORMETHINE; DOXYCYCLINE; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; TALC; TETRACYCLINE; VASCULOTROPIN; SCLEROSING AGENT;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; EMPYEMA; FEVER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOMA; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURECTOMY; PLEURODESIS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SHOCK; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; ALGORITHM; ANASTOMOSIS; CHEST TUBE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DECISION TREE; DRAINAGE; ECONOMICS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARACENTESIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALGORITHMS; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CHEST TUBES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DECISION TREES; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PARACENTESIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; PLEURODESIS; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956227748     PISSN: 0741238X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/S12325-010-0031-8     Document Type: Review

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