20
Participants
Start Date
March 31, 2007
Primary Completion Date
July 31, 2009
Study Completion Date
July 31, 2009
Therapeutic thoracentesis
Thoracentesis was performed with drainage of 500 ml of pleural fluid first and every 200 ml thereafter until pleural pressure was lower than -20 cm H2O, chest discomfort developed, or no more pleural fluid could be removed.
Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei
Taipei Medical University Hospital
OTHER