THE USE OF INDWELLING PLEURAL CATHETER
FOR MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSION
Sri Indah Indriani*, Indra Yovi, Elvando Tunggul Mauliate Simatupang
Department of Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Riau University, Pekanbaru, Riau

ABSTRACT

Malignant Pleural Effusion (MPE) is one of the metastatic processes that occur due to lung cancer. MPE condition can be used as one of the parameters to assess the degree of disease and prognosis of lung cancer patients. Shortness of breath is the most common symptom experienced by lung cancer patients. Indwelling Pleural Catheter (IPC) are recommended as effective management for shortness of breath in patients. The use of IPC also has a pleurodesis effect on problems in the pleura. Palliative therapy with the use of IPC can reduce the length of hospitalization and drainage treatment can be done on an outpatient basis. The development of IPC selection as the first line in MPE cases is also supported by several recent studies so its use is more recommended to be applied to MPE. Some other studies mentioned that IPC is rarely used due to limitations for installation techniques and long-term care is needed after IPC installation.
Keywords: Procedure, Indwelling Pleural Catheter, Malignant Pleural Effusion