Efficacy and Safety of Indwelling Pleural Catheters in Management of Hepatic Hydrothorax: A Systematic Review of Literature

Hepatic hydrothorax (HH) is an infrequent but debilitating and therapeutically challenging complication of advanced liver cirrhosis. As evidence suggests against chest tube placement in HH, many clinicians are reluctant to place indwelling pleural catheters (IPCs) for non-malignant effusions like HH...

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Autores principales: Baig, Muhammad A, Majeed, Muhammad B, Attar, Bashar M, Khan, Zubair, Demetria, Melchor, Gandhi, Seema R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
Materias:
Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6175258/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30338185
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3110

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6175258/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30338185
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3110

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