Thoracic Ultrasound for guiding pleurodesis in malignant pleural effusion: a randomised trial

M. Hassan (Alexandria, Egypt), I. Psallidas (Oxford, United Kingdom), A. Yousuf (Oxford, United Kingdom), T. Duncan (Manchester, United Kingdom), S. Leyakathali Khan (Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom), K. Blyth (Glasgow, United Kingdom), M. Evison (Manchester, United Kingdom), J. Corcoran (Plymouth, United Kingdom), S. Barnes (Taunton, United Kingdom), R. Reddy (Kettering, United Kingdom), P. Bonta (Amsterdam, Netherlands), R. Bhatnagar (Bristol, United Kingdom), G. Kagithala (Oxford, United Kingdom), M. Dobson (Oxford, United Kingdom), R. Knight (Oxford, United Kingdom), S. Dutton (Oxford, United Kingdom), E. Hedley (Oxford, United Kingdom), H. Piotrowska (Oxford, United Kingdom), L. Brown (Manchester, United Kingdom), R. Mercer (Oxford, United Kingdom), R. Asciak (Oxford, United Kingdom), E. Bedawi (Oxford, United Kingdom), R. Hallifax (Oxford, United Kingdom), M. Slade (Gloucester, United Kingdom), R. Benamore (Oxford, United Kingdom), A. Edey (Bristol, United Kingdom), R. Miller (London, United Kingdom), N. Maskell (Bristol, United Kingdom), N. Rahman (Oxford, United Kingdom)

Source: Virtual Congress 2021 – Thoracic ultrasound: future applications and current evidence
Session: Thoracic ultrasound: future applications and current evidence
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 4339

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