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Published in: Critical Care 1/2004

01-02-2004 | Letter

Should central venous catheters be used to drain pleural effusions?

Authors: Andrew MacDuff, Ian S Grant

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2004

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We read with interest the article by Singh and coworkers [1] describing the use of central venous catheters to drain pleural effusions. …
Literature
1.
Singh K, Loo S, Bellom R: Pleural drainage using central venous catheters. Crit Care 2003, 7: R191-R194. 10.1186/cc2393CrossRef
2.
Laws D, Neville E, Duffy J, on behalf of the British Thoracic Society Pleural Disease Group: BTS guidelines on the insertion of a chest drain. Thorax 2003, Suppl II: ii53-ii59.CrossRef
Metadata
Title
Should central venous catheters be used to drain pleural effusions?
Authors
Andrew MacDuff
Ian S Grant
Publication date
01-02-2004
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 1/2004
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc2447

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