Role of thoracic ultrasonography in pleurodesis pathways for malignant pleural effusions (SIMPLE): an open-label, randomised controlled trial

<p><strong>Background</strong></p> Pleurodesis is done as an in-patient procedure to control symptomatic recurrent malignant pleural effusion (MPE) and has a success rate of 75–80%. Thoracic ultrasonography has been shown in a small study to predict pleurodesis success early...

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Main Authors: Psadillas, I, Hassan, M, Yousuf, A, Duncan, T, Leyakathali Khan, S, Blyth, KG, Evison, M, Corcoran, JP, Barnes, S, Reddy, R, Bonta, PI, Bhatnagar, R, Kagithala, G, Dobson, M, Knight, R, Dutton, SJ, Luengo-Fernandez, R, Hedley, E, Piotrowska, H, Brown, L, Musa Asa’ari, KA, Mercer, RM, Asciak, R, Bedawi, EO, Halifax, RJ, Slade, M, Benamore, R, Edey, A, Miller, RF, Mackell, NA, Rahman, NM
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021