Indwelling pleural catheters for non-malignant pleural effusions: report on a single centre’s 10 years of experience

BackgroundRecurrent pleural effusion is a common cause of dyspnoea, cough and chest pain during the course of infectious pleurisy and non-malignant diseases like congestive heart failure (CHF) or liver cirrhosis with hepatic hydrothorax (HH). With regard to the chronic character of the underlying di...

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Main Authors: Nikolaj Frost, Christoph Ruwwe-Glösenkamp, Matthias Raspe, Martin Brünger, Bettina Temmesfeld-Wollbrück, Norbert Suttorp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-05-01
Series:BMJ Open Respiratory Research
Online Access:https://bmjopenrespres.bmj.com/content/7/1/e000501.full