Adjunctive use of prednisolone in the treatment of free-flowing tuberculous pleural effusion: A retrospective cohort study

Adjunctive use of corticosteroids with anti-tuberculosis (TB) therapy has been reported to benefit people with tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE), while there is a paucity of data to support it as routine use. TPE can be subdivided into free-flowing type and loculated type. We evaluated the effects...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Respiratory medicine 2018-06, Vol.139, p.86-90
Hauptverfasser:	Sun, Fenfen, Li, Li, Liao, Xiuqing, Yan, Xiaofeng, Han, Rui, Lei, Wenhui, Cao, Hui, Feng, Mingxia, Cao, Guoqiang
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adhesion Adult Antitubercular Agents - administration & dosage Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use Chemotherapy Clinical trials Cohort analysis Combined Modality Therapy Complications Confidence intervals Corticoids Corticosteroids Data analysis Data collection Drainage Female Free-flowing HIV Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Incidence Male Middle Aged Patients Pleural effusion Pleural Effusion - diagnostic imaging Pleural Effusion - etiology Pleural Effusion - therapy Prednisolone Prednisolone - administration & dosage Prednisolone - therapeutic use Radiography Restrictive functional sequelae Retrospective Studies Roentgenographic sequelae Side effects Thickening Treatment Outcome Tuberculosis Tuberculosis, Pleural - complications Tuberculosis, Pleural - drug therapy Tuberculous pleural effusion Young Adult
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