Inflammatory parameters after pleurodesis in recurrent malignant pleural effusions and their predictive value

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1166-1172

  Ukale, Valiant ^a   Agrenius, Veronica ^a   Widström, Olle ^a   Hassan, Alinaghizadeh ^b   Hillerdal, Gunnar ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; Fever reaction; Leukocytes; Pleurodesis; Quinacrine; Talc

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; MEPACRINE; TALC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; PLEURISY; PLEURODESIS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUINACRINE; TALC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8644248356     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2004.04.008     Document Type: Article

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