Catheter is placed called Tunneled indwelling pleural catheter, so you can have pleural effusion at home. Draining the catheter 2-3 times week or as directed by the physician.

False negative rates were 30.3% for IA-ANPB and 3.1% for MT in pleural effusion alone, and were 11.9% and 4.7%, respectively, in pleural effusion with pleural thickening or lesions.

Correspondence Response of a Nonmalignant Pleural Effusion to Bevacizumab Published August 18, 2005 N Engl J Med 2005;353: 740 - 741 DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200508183530722 ...

On the other hand, pleural effusion localized in an interlobar space is not a common finding, since only 15 cases have been recorded in the literature. 1–11 Multiple, localized pleural effusions ...

"Influence Of Long-Term Use Of Inhaled Corticoids On The Development Of Pleural Effusion In Community Acquired Pneumonia" (Session D14, Wednesday, May 23, 8:15-10:45 a.m., Room 2001-2003, Moscone ...

Researchers at Wake Forest School of Medicine have discovered that a nanoparticle therapeutic enhances cancer immunotherapy and is a possible new approach in treating malignant pleural effusion (MPE).

Pleural effusion occurred in 48 patients (35%; grade 3/4 in 23 [17%]), including 29% of those treated in chronic phase (CP), 50% in accelerated phase (AP), and 33% in blast phase (BP). By multivariate ...

Catheter is placed called Tunneled indwelling pleural catheter, so you can have pleural effusion at home. Draining the catheter 2-3 times week or as directed by the physician.