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Safety of indwelling pleural catheter use in patients undergoing chemotherapy: a five-year retrospective evaluation

BACKGROUND: Indwelling pleural catheters (IPC) are increasingly becoming a first-line treatment in the management of malignant pleural effusions. Ambulatory management using IPC are increasingly used in this patient group whilst they are receiving concurrent chemotherapy. There are currently no pros...

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Autores principales: Chan Wah Hak, Charleen, Sivakumar, Parthipan, Ahmed, Liju
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4788821/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26968653
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-016-0203-7