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Volume 39, Issue 4, Pages 314-318 (July 2010)


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Management of recurrent pleural effusions with a tunneled catheter

Elizabeth McConnell Baker, MSN, APN, CNSaCorresponding Author Informationemail address, Sheila Melander, DSN, ACNP-BC, FCCM, FAANPb

published online 11 December 2009.

Recurrent pulmonary effusions are commonly seen in patients with end-stage diseases. Traditional treatment modalities have required several days of hospitalization or frequent invasive procedures. Drainage with a tunneled pulmonary catheter can provide symptom palliation and resolution of the effusion without activity restriction or hospitalization.

a Methodist Healthcare–University Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee

b University of Tennessee Memphis, College of Nursing, Memphis, Tennessee

Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Elizabeth McConnell Baker, MSN, APN, CNS, Methodist Healthcare–University Hospital, 1265 Union Ave, Memphis, TN 31804.

PII: S0147-9563(09)00228-3

doi:10.1016/j.hrtlng.2009.08.006


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