Effectiveness and safety of outpatient pleurodesis in patients with recurrent malignant pleural effusion and low performance status

Effectiveness and safety of outpatient pleurodesis in patients with recurrent malignant pleural effusion and low performance status

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of pleurodesis carried out entirely on an outpatient basis in patients with recurrent malignant pleural effusions and Karnofsky Performance Status scores <70. METHODS: This study was a prospective trial comprising patients with symptomatic recu...

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Main Authors: Ricardo Mingarini Terra, Lisete Ribeiro Teixeira, Benoit Jacques Bibas, Paulo Manuel Pego-Fernandes, Francisco Suso Vargas, Fabio Biscegli Jatene
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier España 2011-01-01
Series:Clinics
Subjects:
Pleural effusion
Pleurodesis
Outpatient care
Talc
Metastatic disease
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322011000200005

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