Indwelling Pleural Catheters Reduce Readmissions in Diuretic Refractory Benign Pleural Effusions
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Indwelling pleural catheters.
Indwelling pleural catheters (IPC) are now established as one of the major tools for the management of recurrent pleural effusions. Their traditional role, which saw them only as second line treatment for malignant effusions, has now expanded. Recent evidence has not only suggested that they may be effectively employed as first-line therapy in some malignant cases, but that there is a wider spe...
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عنوان ژورنال: Chest
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0012-3692
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2016.08.083