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Mortality of Hospitalized Patients with Pleural Effusions

BACKGROUND: Each year in the United States an estimated 1.5 million people develop pleural effusions and approximately 178,000 thoracenteses (12%) are performed. While it has been established that malignant effusions are associated with increased mortality, the association between mortality and all-...

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Autores principales: Kookoolis, Anna S, Puchalski, Jonathan T, Murphy, Terrence E, Araujo, Katy LB, Pisani, Margaret A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4428160/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25977841
http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2161-105X.1000184