Permanent indwelling catheter for the management of refractory malignant pericardial effusion

Permanent indwelling catheter for the management of refractory malignant pericardial effusion

In this case report, we describe the novel use of a permanent indwelling catheter (PiC) in the management of refractory malignant pericardial effusion (PE). The patient had disseminated lung cancer and was hospitalised repeatedly with circulatory collapse due to malignant PE despite treatments with...

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Main Authors: Frederik Schultz Pustelnik, Christian B. Laursen, Arman Arshad, Ahmed Aziz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2022-12-01
Series:European Clinical Respiratory Journal
Subjects:
Lung cancer
pericardial effusion
pericardiodesis
permanent indwelling catheter
PleurX
pericardiocentesis
Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/20018525.2022.2095720

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