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Trial Protocol: Reaccumulation rate of pleural effusions after therapeutic aspiration: An observational cohort study to determine baseline factors associated with rate of pleural fluid reaccumulation following therapeutic aspiration in patients with malignant pleural effusion attending a pleural clinic (REPEAT)

BACKGROUND: Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is the build-up of pleural fluid in the space between the lung and chest wall due to advanced cancer. It is treated initially by large volume drainage (therapeutic aspiration). If the fluid reaccumulates, a definitive procedure is performed. There is wide...

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Autores principales: Mishra, Eleanor K., Clark, Allan, Laskawiec-Szkonter, Magda, Maskell, Nicholas A., Rahman, Najib M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: F1000 Research Limited 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10593318/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37881455
http://dx.doi.org/10.3310/nihropenres.13282.1