The Effects of the Pleural Interventions on Patients' Performance Status, Dyspnea, and Pain Scores in Patients Receiving Palliative Care [PDF]
Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine, 2023 Instruction : Palliative care units aim to improve the quality of life and alleviate symptoms in patients with serious illnesses. Dyspnea, a distressing symptom, can significantly impact patients' quality of life. While various methods are used to manage
Güntuğ Batıhan
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Noninvasive Management of Fractured Indwelling Tunneled Pleural Catheter Valve
Case Reports in Pulmonology, 2022 Tunneled indwelling pleural catheters (IPCs) are frequently used to palliate symptomatic dyspnea due to recurrent pleural effusions. The drainage valve of IPCs is an important component of the catheter as fracture of the valve leads to malfunctioning of ...
Azib Shahid +5 more
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Protocol of the Australasian Malignant Pleural Effusion (AMPLE) trial: a multicentre randomised study comparing indwelling pleural catheter versus talc pleurodesis [PDF]
, 2014 INTRODUCTION: Malignant pleural effusion can complicate most cancers. It causes breathlessness and requires hospitalisation for invasive pleural drainages. Malignant effusions often herald advanced cancers and limited prognosis.
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Fractured Indwelling Pleural Catheters
Chest, 2012 Indwelling pleural catheters (IPCs) are increasingly used in the management of malignant pleural effusions. IPCs are designed to be secured in situ indefinitely; however, in selected patients, IPCs can be removed when drainage ceases. This case series reports complications of removal of IPCs that resulted in fractured catheters or necessitated ...
Fysh, E, Wrightson, J, Lee, Y, Rahman, N
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Indwelling Pleural Catheters for Malignant Pleural Effusion
Home Healthcare Now, 2021 Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) resulting from metastatic spread to the pleura frequently occurs in patients with primary lung, breast, hematological, gastrointestinal, and gynecological cancers. These effusions tend to reaccumulate quickly, and the patient requires increasingly frequent thoracentesis.
Vrtis, Mary C. +2 more
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The modern diagnosis and management of pleural effusions [PDF]
, 2015 A pleural effusion describes an excess of fluid in the pleural cavity, usually resulting from an imbalance in the normal rate of pleural fluid production or absorption, or both.
Bhatnagar, Rahul, Maskell, Nick A
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The efficacy of indwelling pleural catheter placement versus placement plus talc sclerosant in patients with malignant pleural effusions managed exclusively as outpatients (IPC-PLUS): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: Malignant pleural effusions (MPEs) remain a common problem, with 40,000 new cases in the United Kingdom each year and up to 250,000 in the United States.
Bhatnagar, R +6 more
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Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions with Indwelling Pleural Catheters or Talc Pleurodesis
Canadian Respiratory Journal, 2013 BACKGROUND: Management of malignant pleural effusion typically involves insertion of an indwelling pleural catheter (IPC) or chemical pleurodesis with agents such as talc.
Nadim Srour +3 more
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Cost-effectiveness of indwelling pleural catheter compared with talc in malignant pleural effusion [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Malignant pleural effusion is associated with morbidity and mortality. A randomized controlled trial previously compared clinical outcomes and resource use with indwelling pleural catheter (IPC) and talc pleurodesis in this ...
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Managing malignant pleural effusion with an indwelling pleural catheter: factors associated with spontaneous pleurodesis [PDF]
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