Open AccessPrognostic factors of 30-day survival of patients with malignant pleural effusion
Author(s) -
Zulkifli Amin,
Stephen Diah Iskandar,
Sibli
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/ijpc.ijpc_2_17
Subject(s) - medicine , malignant pleural effusion , pleural effusion , univariate analysis , hazard ratio , proportional hazards model , multivariate analysis , lactate dehydrogenase , prospective cohort study , pleural fluid , gastroenterology , oncology , confidence interval , biochemistry , chemistry , enzyme
Treatment of malignant pleural effusion (MPE) depends on the 1 month prognosis of patients. Until now, there is no study evaluate factors affecting 1 month survival.