Chest inserted central venous catheter treatment of malignant pleural effusion.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 6 Chest inserted central venous catheter treatment of malignant pleural effusion [Keywords:] central venous catheter; malignant pleural effusion [Abstract] Objective To investigate the chest built into the central venous catheter treatment of malignant pleural effusion value. Methods 30 patients with malignant pleural effusion were built through the chest tube drainage after intrapleural injection of drugs, 1 times / week, a total of 2 ~ 4 times. The results of complete remission (CR) 2 cases of partial remission (PR) 20 cases, no change (NC) 8 cases, 73% efficiency. Mainly mild gastrointestinal toxicity reaction, chest pain and fever. Conclusion chest built canal treatment of malignant pleural effusion is better, convenient and safe. [Keywords:] central venous catheter; malignant pleural effusion Malignant pleural effusion is a common complication in advanced tumors, often accompanied by chest tightness, chest pain, breathing difficulties, serious impact on patients quality of life. Our department in 2001 launched a chest inserted central venous catheter treatment of malignant pleural effusion, 30 patients with satisfactory results, are reported as follows. 1 Data and methods 1.1 General Information 30 cases of malignant pleural effusion, male 18 cases, 12 females, aged 35 to 81 years, with a median age of 62 years, the original disease were confirmed by pathology, non-small cell lung cancer 22 cases, 8 cases of breast cancer. Clinical symptoms are chest tightness, chest pain, shortness of breath. B-show medium to large effusions, 24 cases of unilateral effusion, bilateral effusion in 6 patients, pleural effusion to bloody effusion, effusion cells detected in 5 cases, patients with Karnofsky score of 20 to 60 minutes. 1.2 Materials ARROW company used by the U.S. central venous catheter needle, model ES-01706. 1.3 Methods All patients were characterized by B-positioning, patient was sitting in the anchor point, routine disinfe