Ahmed Mohamed Abdelsamad

Impact of patient positioning on the efficacy and safety of doxycycline pleurodesis in malignant pleural effusion: a pilot randomized trial

Abstract Background Chemical pleurodesis is a standard palliative intervention for recurrent malignant pleural effusion (MPE). Historically, patient rotation after sclerosant instillation was routine to ensure uniform drug distribution, but evidence supporting this practice remai...