Chest tube drainage versus repeated therapeutic thoracentesis for the management of pleural infections: a retrospective multicentre propensity-matched study
The management of pleural infections through RTT with IPFT and DNase appears to be as effective and as safe as CTD. Randomized controlled trials comparing RTT and CTD would be required to confirm these results.
Authors
- Lance E. LeClere (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4154-9900)
- Virginie Roy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1908-0074)
- Étienne-Marie Jutant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1374-1890)
- S. Jouneau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1949-3461)
- Baptiste Hourmant
- David Luque-Paz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9197-7305)
- J.-C. Meurice
- Mathieu Charron
- Christophe Gut-Gobert
Institutions
- Inserm (FR)
- École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique (FR)
- Université de Poitiers (FR)
- Institut de Recherche en Santé, Environnement et Travail (FR)
- Hôpital Pontchaillou (FR)
- Hôpital Maison Blanche (FR)
- Bacterial RNAs & Medicine (FR)
- Université de Rennes (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pneumonia
- Published
- 2025-05-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s41479-025-00167-x
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.52