The relationship of pleural manometry with postthoracentesis chest radiographic findings in malignant pleural effusion

BACKGROUND:Both elevated pleural elastance (E-PEL) and radiographic evidence of incomplete lung expansion following thoracentesis have been used to exclude patients with a malignant pleural effusion (MPE) from undergoing pleurodesis. This article reports on a cohort of patients with MPE in whom comp...

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Huvudupphovsmän: Chopra, A, Judson, M, Doelken, P, Maldonado, F, Rahman, N, Huggins, J
Materialtyp: Journal article
Språk:English
Publicerad: Elsevier 2019