Outpatient Talc Administration by Indwelling Pleural Catheter for Malignant Effusion

Bhatnagar, Rahul; Keenan, Emma; J. Morley, Anna; C Kahan, Brennan; Stanton, Andrew; Haris, Mohammed; Harrison, Richard; Mustafa, Rehan; Bishop, Lesley; Ahmed, Liju; West, Alex; Holme, Jayne; Evison, Matthew; Munavvar, Mohammed; Sivasothy, Pasupathy; Herre, Jürgen; Cooper, David; Roberts, Mark; Guhan, Anur; Hooper, Clare; Walters, James; Saba, Tarek; Chakrabarti, Biswajit; Gunatilake, Samal; Psallidas, Ioannis; Walker, Steven; Bibby, Anna; Smith, Sarah; Stadon, Louise; Zahan-Evans, Natalie; Lee, Gary; Harvey, John; M. Rahman, Najib; F. Miller, Robert; Maskell, Nick

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1716883

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Outpatient Talc Administration by Indwelling Pleural Catheter for Malignant Effusion

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Apr 4, 2018

Authors:

Rahul Bhatnagar

Emma Keenan

Anna J. Morley

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Malignant pleural effusion affects more than 750,000 persons each year across Europe and the United States. Pleurodesis with the administration of talc in hospitalized patients is the most common treatment, but indwelling pleural catheters placed for drainage offer an ambulatory alternat...

Subject

Medicine

Malignant pleural effusion

Pleurodesis

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