Risk factors for pleural effusion recurrence in patients with malignancy
Grosu HB, Molina S, Casal R, Song J, Li L, Diaz‐Mendoza J, Reddy C, Yarmus L, Schiavo D, Simoff M, Johnstun J, Raid A, Feller‐Kopman D, Lee H, Sahetya S, Foley F, Maldonado F, Tian X, Noor L, Miller R, Mudambi L, Saettele T, Vial‐Rodriguez M, Eapen GA, Ost DE. Risk factors for pleural effusion recurrence in patients with malignancy. Respirology 2018, 24: 76-82. PMID: 29966171, PMCID: PMC7315912, DOI: 10.1111/resp.13362.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMalignant pleural effusionRisk factorsFluid recurrenceMetastatic diseasePleural fluidHazards modelRecurrent symptomatic malignant pleural effusionsSymptomatic malignant pleural effusionRetrospective multicentre cohort studyFine-Gray subdistribution hazard modelPleural effusion recurrenceMulticentre cohort studyHazard of recurrenceCause-specific hazards modelPleural fluid cytologyChest X-rayPleural fluid LDHPleural effusion sizeSubdistribution hazard modelEffusion recurrenceFirst thoracentesisSymptom palliationCohort studyCumulative incidencePrimary outcome