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Predictors of outcome of chest tube drainage of nonpurulent exudative pleural effusions

BACKGROUND: Although chest tube drainage is the primary management method for many pleural effusions, it has a failure rate of 9.4–48%. In this study, we examined the factors that predict the outcome of management of nonpurulent exudative effusions. The aim of this study was to determine the predict...

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Autores principales: Nwagboso, Chimaobi Ikechukwu, Echieh, Chidiebere Peter, Eze, John Nkemakolam, Ogbudu, Stephen Omirigbe, Njoku, Chibueze Haggai, Etiuma, Anietimfon Umoh, Bassey, Okokon Odonkwo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Respiratory Society 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8977590/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35386826
http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00604-2021

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