Pre-EDIT: protocol for a randomised feasibility trial of elastance-directed intrapleural catheter or talc pleurodesis (EDIT) in malignant pleural effusion

INTRODUCTION: Non-expansile lung (NEL) is a common cause of talc pleurodesis (TP) failure in malignant pleural effusion (MPE), but is often occult prior to drainage. Reliable detection of NEL would allow patients to be allocated between intrapleural catheter (IPC) and TP. High pleural elastance (P(E...

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Autores principales: Martin, Geoffrey A, Tsim, Selina, Kidd, Andrew C, Foster, John E, McLoone, Philip, Chalmers, Anthony, Blyth, Kevin G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Pleural Disease
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5976095/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29862030
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2018-000293

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5976095/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29862030
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2018-000293

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