pleurx - tunneled catheter
- related: Pulmonary Diseases
- tags: #literature
- pleurx catheter dressing and connections
- Time3 trial: no benefit to lytics therapy in septated effusion
Daily vs every other day drainage
- ASAP trial: daily drainage has higher rate of pleurodesis
- AMPLE2: no difference in breathlessness
- or 3x a week drainage
- also hard to tell difference if pleurodesis is from spontaneous or from chemo
- combining TPC and talc slurry shows increased pleurodesis rate
Outpatient vs inpatient
- no difference vs outpatient
- combining all 3: early studies showed possible, no real data
- AMPLE3: TPC vs surgical
- pleuroperitoneal shunt
- no catheter maintenance, no external device
