Clinical Study
Management of Malignant Pleural Effusion with ASEPT® Pleural Catheter: Quality of Life, Feasibility, and Patient Satisfaction
Table 1
Demographic information and clinical variables of the study.
| Item | Result |
| Age | | Gender (female) | 31 (62%) | BDI | | TDI | | Cause of MPE | | Lung cancers | 15 (30%) | Breast cancers | 13 (26%) | GU cancers | 7 (14%) | GI cancers | 4 (8%) | Lymphoma | 3 (6%) | Other cancers | 8 (16%) | Side | | Left | 23 (46%) | Right | 27 (54%) | Limiting factor to stop draining pleural fluid after insertion of ASEPT catheter | | Cough | 16 (32%) | Pain | 6 (12%) | No more fluid | 28 (56%) |
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BDI: Baseline Dyspnea Index, TDI: Transitional Dyspnea Index, and MPE: Malignant Pleural Effusion.
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