Patients with malignant pleural effusions who are treated with indwelling pleural catheters spend fewer days in hospital

E. Fysh, A. W. Musk, Y. C. G. Lee (Perth, Australia)

Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Pleural and mediastinal malignancies: management and rare clinical cases
Session: Pleural and mediastinal malignancies: management and rare clinical cases
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2830
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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E. Fysh, A. W. Musk, Y. C. G. Lee (Perth, Australia). Patients with malignant pleural effusions who are treated with indwelling pleural catheters spend fewer days in hospital. Eur Respir J 2011; 38: Suppl. 55, 2830

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