Why the study?
Does pleural drainage improve symptoms in congestive heart failure patients with refractory, significant pleural effusions?
Population
342 patients admitted for inpatient treatment of congestive heart failure, of which 10 had significant…
Design
Cohort
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May support symptom relief via drainage in rare refractory HF cases; leaves open need for controlled trials.
Does pleural drainage improve symptoms in congestive heart failure patients with refractory, significant pleural effusions?
Pleural drainage provides immediate symptom relief in the small subset of heart failure patients who develop significant, diuretic-refractory pleural effusions.
EE et al. (2015) studied this question.
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