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is pocket guide attempts to define principles of practice that should produce high-quality patient
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not be considered exclusive of other methods of care reasonably directed at obtaining the same results.
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Abbreviations
ATS, American oracic Society; IPC(s), indwelling pleural catheter(s); MPE(s), malignant
pleural effusion(s)
Source
Feller-Kopman DJ et al. Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions – An Official ATS/STS/
STR Clinical Practice Guideline. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2018;198(7);839–849.