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Clinical predictors of successful and earlier pleurodesis with a tunnelled pleural catheter in malignant pleural effusion: a cohort study

Pen Li, Alison Graver, Sarah Hosseini, Sunita Mulpuru, Lorraine Cake, Lynn Kachuik, Tinghua Zhang and Kayvan Amjadi
June 13, 2018 6 (2) E235-E240; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20170163
Pen Li
Division of Respirology (Li), Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Division of Respirology (Li, Mulpuru, Amjadi), Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, General Campus; Division of Respirology (Graver, Hosseini), Department of Medicine, Queensway Carleton Hospital; The Ottawa Hospital (Cake, Kachuik); Ottawa Methods Centre (Zhang), The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.
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Alison Graver
Division of Respirology (Li), Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Division of Respirology (Li, Mulpuru, Amjadi), Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, General Campus; Division of Respirology (Graver, Hosseini), Department of Medicine, Queensway Carleton Hospital; The Ottawa Hospital (Cake, Kachuik); Ottawa Methods Centre (Zhang), The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.
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Sarah Hosseini
Division of Respirology (Li), Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Division of Respirology (Li, Mulpuru, Amjadi), Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, General Campus; Division of Respirology (Graver, Hosseini), Department of Medicine, Queensway Carleton Hospital; The Ottawa Hospital (Cake, Kachuik); Ottawa Methods Centre (Zhang), The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.
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Sunita Mulpuru
Division of Respirology (Li), Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Division of Respirology (Li, Mulpuru, Amjadi), Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, General Campus; Division of Respirology (Graver, Hosseini), Department of Medicine, Queensway Carleton Hospital; The Ottawa Hospital (Cake, Kachuik); Ottawa Methods Centre (Zhang), The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.
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Lorraine Cake
Division of Respirology (Li), Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Division of Respirology (Li, Mulpuru, Amjadi), Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, General Campus; Division of Respirology (Graver, Hosseini), Department of Medicine, Queensway Carleton Hospital; The Ottawa Hospital (Cake, Kachuik); Ottawa Methods Centre (Zhang), The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.
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Lynn Kachuik
Division of Respirology (Li), Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Division of Respirology (Li, Mulpuru, Amjadi), Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, General Campus; Division of Respirology (Graver, Hosseini), Department of Medicine, Queensway Carleton Hospital; The Ottawa Hospital (Cake, Kachuik); Ottawa Methods Centre (Zhang), The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.
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Tinghua Zhang
Division of Respirology (Li), Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Division of Respirology (Li, Mulpuru, Amjadi), Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, General Campus; Division of Respirology (Graver, Hosseini), Department of Medicine, Queensway Carleton Hospital; The Ottawa Hospital (Cake, Kachuik); Ottawa Methods Centre (Zhang), The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.
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Kayvan Amjadi
Division of Respirology (Li), Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Division of Respirology (Li, Mulpuru, Amjadi), Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, General Campus; Division of Respirology (Graver, Hosseini), Department of Medicine, Queensway Carleton Hospital; The Ottawa Hospital (Cake, Kachuik); Ottawa Methods Centre (Zhang), The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.
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