Open AccessProcedures Performed during Hospitalizations for Malignant Pleural Effusions: Data from the 2012 National Inpatient Sample
Author(s) -
Marc Fortin,
Niloofar Taghizadeh,
Alain Tremblay
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000485934
Subject(s) - medicine , healthcare cost and utilization project , pleurodesis , thoracoscopy , malignant pleural effusion , thoracentesis , lung cancer , univariate analysis , logistic regression , emergency medicine , surgery , health care , pleural effusion , multivariate analysis , economics , economic growth
Malignant pleural effusions (MPE) are a common clinical problem. Little is known about the burden of MPE and of the treatments used to alleviate its symptoms on the United States Health Care System.