Use of indwelling pleural catheters for chronic pleural infection.
Recurrent, chronic pleural infection creates difficult management issues. Surgical drainage is currently recommended for patients who have failed initial "medical treatment" (ie, tube thoracostomy and antibiotic therapy), but the options for patients not fit for surgery are limited. Prolon...
Những tác giả chính: | Davies, H, Rahman, N, Parker, R, Davies, R |
---|---|
Định dạng: | Journal article |
Ngôn ngữ: | English |
Được phát hành: |
2008
|
Những quyển sách tương tự
-
Catheter-tract metastases associated with chronic indwelling pleural catheters.
Bằng: Janes, S, et al.
Được phát hành: (2007) -
Chemotherapy does not increase the risk of pleural infection in patients managed with an indwelling pleural catheter for malignant pleural effusion
Bằng: Morel, A, et al.
Được phát hành: (2010) -
Fractured indwelling pleural catheters.
Bằng: Fysh, E, et al.
Được phát hành: (2012) -
Cost-effectiveness of indwelling pleural catheter compared with talc in malignant pleural effusion.
Bằng: Olfert, J, et al.
Được phát hành: (2016) -
Comparing cost of indwelling pleural catheter vs talc pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusion.
Bằng: Penz, E, et al.
Được phát hành: (2014)