TY - JOUR T1 - Malignant pleural effusion with talc pleurodesis: Is small bore catheter hospital stay shorter than large bore catheter? JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J DO - 10.1183/13993003.congress-2016.PA5086 VL - 48 IS - suppl 60 SP - PA5086 AU - Ülkü Aka Aktürk AU - Nagihan Durmus Kocak AU - Cansel Atinkaya Öztürk AU - Dilek Ernam AU - Aysun Sengül AU - Merve Alan Tepetam AU - Elçin Ersöz Y1 - 2016/09/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/48/suppl_60/PA5086.abstract N2 - AIM: One of the common complication of advanced malignancy is malign pleural effusion(MPE).MPE causes progressive dyspnea,chronic cough,chest pain and reduced physical activity resulting lower quality of life(QoL)in patients.To prevent the reaccumulation of MPE and to improve QoL,pleurodesis has been performed.In this study it was hypothesized that patients with small bore catheter have shorter length of hospital stay(LOS)post-catheterization than patients with large bore catheter.METHODS: Adult patients who have been performed pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusions between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2014 were enrolled into the study.Patients were classified into two groups according to catheter type;small-bore and large-bore catheter.RESULTS: Of the eligible 221 patients,67 ot them in small bore group and 118 of them in large bore catheter group were remained.While LOS post-catheterization was significantly shorter in small bore catheter group than large bore group(p<0.001),total length of hospital stay was not different between groups(p=0.89).The overlap range of propensity scores was found to be acceptable between groups to compare them.Length of stay post-catheterization was 1.8 days shorter with small bore catheter than large bore catheter by linear regression analysis adjusted to propensity scores(95%CI:-0.9 to -2.8,p<0.001).CONCLUSIONS: In this study it was found that LOS post-catheterization was significantly shorter with small bore catheter than large bore ones.Pleurodesis with small bore catheter is helpful to decrease post-procedure hospital stay which may be important for reducing costs and QoL in patients with advanced malignancy. ER -