Open AccessPredicting the survival in patients with malignant pleural effusion undergoing indwelling pleural catheter insertion
Author(s) -
Muhammad Junaid Akram,
Usman Khalid,
M. Ashraf,
Muhammad Abu Bakar,
Faheem Butt,
Faheem Khan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of thoracic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1817-1737
pISSN - 1998-3557
DOI - 10.4103/atm.atm_289_20
Subject(s) - medicine , malignant pleural effusion , pleural effusion , cohort , surgery , context (archaeology) , group b , survival analysis , paleontology , biology
Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is a common comorbid condition in advanced malignancies with variable survival.