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
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322011000200005

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