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Effectiveness and safety of outpatient pleurodesis in patients with recurrent malignant pleural effusion and low performance status

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of pleurodesis carried out entirely on an outpatient basis in patients with recurrent malignant pleural effusions and Karnofsky Performance Status scores ≤70. METHODS: This study was a prospective trial comprising patients with symptomatic recurre...

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Autores principales: Terra, Ricardo Mingarini, Teixeira, Lisete Ribeiro, Bibas, Benoit Jacques, Pego‐Fernandes, Paulo Manuel, Vargas, Francisco Suso, Jatene, Fabio Biscegli
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3059870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21484035
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1807-59322011000200005