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Mortality Among Patients with Pleural Effusion Undergoing Thoracentesis

BACKGROUND: Of the 1.5 million people diagnosed with pleural effusion annually in the U.S., approximately 178,000 undergo thoracentesis. While it is known that malignant pleural effusion portends a poor prognosis, mortality of patients with nonmalignant effusions has not been well studied. METHODS:...

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Published in:Eur Respir J
Main Authors: DeBiasi, Erin M., Pisani, Margaret A., Murphy, Terrence E., Araujo, Katy, Kookoolis, Anna, Argento, A Christine, Puchalski, Jonathan
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4857137/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25837039
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1183/09031936.00217114
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