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Pulmonology • Pleural Disease
Do you consider indwelling pleural catheters in patients with refractory transudative pleural effusions?
Randomized trial of indwelling pleural catheters for refractory transudative pleural effusions. DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01362-2021
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No
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I do as long as the risks, benefits, possible alternatives are discussed with the patient. Frequently these patients have refractory or end stage heart failure, kidney failure, liver failure. Often they have decompensated or end-stage diseases and are not candidates for organ transplantation. In the...