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Pleural procedures in the management of malignant effusions

Annals of Thoracic Medicine, 2017
Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is common in clinical practice, and despite the existence of studies to guide clinical decisions, it often poses diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas. Once it is diagnosed, median survival does not usually exceed 6 months.
Lucia Ferreiro, Juan Suárez-Antelo, Luis Valdés   +2 more
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A Clinical Case of Palliative Care during the Progression of a Patient with Advanced Lung Cancer Undergoing Gefitinib Therapy and Subsequent Transition to Osimertinib: The Role of Palliative Care in Oncology

Инновационная медицина Кубани
The article presents a clinical case of a 65-year-old female patient with stage IV adenocarcinoma of the right lung harboring an EGFR-mutated (L858R). The key feature of this case is the sequential modification of targeted therapy: initial stabilization ...
Yu. A. Shevchenko, D. V. Khoreva
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The Heimlich Valve for Pleural Cavity Drainage​

The Annals of African Surgery, 2016
Introduction: Traditional chest tube fixation and drainage has been undertaken using standard rigid chest tubes connected to under water seal bottles. These are bulky, cumbersome, expensive, and pose a risk of accidental air suction into the chest.
Winston Ominde Makanga, Andrew Nyaoncha​ ​Nyangau, Benjamin Njoga Njihia   +2 more
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Thoracentesis [PDF]

, 2020
Garrett Wegerif, Edward B. Savage
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Pleural fluid characteristics of patients with COVID‐19 infection

The Clinical Respiratory Journal
Introduction Pleural effusions are known to occur in many cases of COVID‐19. Data on typical characteristics of COVID‐19‐associated pleural effusions are limited. The goal of this project was to characterize the pleural fluid from patients with COVID‐19.
Ryan A. Denu, Victoria Forth, Majid Shafiq   +2 more
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On Thoracentesis [PDF]

BMJ, 1876
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Are we providing patient-centered care? Preferences about paracentesis and thoracentesis procedures

Patient Experience Journal, 2014
Procedures performed at the bedside are as safe and less expensive than Interventional Radiology (IR) procedures. Patient preferences regarding location are rarely taken into account. Therefore, in this study we compared patient satisfaction with bedside
Jeffrey Barsuk, Sarah Kozmic, Jordan Scher, Joe Feinglass, Aimee Hoyer, Diane Wayne   +5 more
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Recommendations on the Use of Ultrasound Guidance for Adult Thoracentesis: A Position Statement of the Society of Hospital Medicine

Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2018
Ria Dancel, Daniel J. Schnobrich, N. Puri, Ricardo A. Franco-Sadud, Joel Cho, Loretta Grikis, B. Lucas, M. El‐Barbary, N. Soni   +8 more
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Using actigraphy to evaluate physical activity in patients with pleural effusion: a pilot study. [PDF]

J Thorac Dis
Bashour SI, Khan A, Balachandran DD, Ost D, Eapen G, Casal R, Adachi R, Bassett R, Pasyar S, Bashoura L, Vaquero L, Ordonez E, Zaveri J, Faiz SA, Sheshadri A, Depew Z, Grosu HB.   +16 more
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Simulation-Based Mastery Learning for Thoracentesis Skills Improves Patient Outcomes: A Randomized Trial

Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 2017
J. Barsuk, E. Cohen, Mark V. Williams, Jordan Scher, Sasha F. Jones, J. Feinglass, W. McGaghie, Kelly O'Hara, D. Wayne   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source