DOES INTRAPROCEDURE PATIENT POSITIONING AFFECT OUTCOME OF CHEMICAL PLEURODESIS FOR MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSION?

Does intraprocedure patient positioning affect outcome of chemical pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusion?

Background: Chemical pleurodesis using tetracycline is an acceptable and commonly employed palliation for malignant pleural effusion.Rotation of patient during pleurodesis using the powder from tetracycline capsule is still practised in some centres and is undoubtedly associated with additional stress on the patients.The practice of rotation can on

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Investigation of the effect of ring-cavity on secondary-combustion and interior ballistic stabilization with low-temperature solid propellant in gas ejection

The potential for secondary-combustion with low-temperature solid propellant in gas generation is a potential risk to ejection application.This study performed a three-dimensional dynamic numerical simulation with Re-Normalization Group turbulence model and finite-rate/eddy-dissipation model of a two-step reaction mechanism to better understand the

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