Figure 1From: The efficacy of indwelling pleural catheter placement versus placement plus talc sclerosant in patients with malignant pleural effusions managed exclusively as outpatients (IPC-PLUS): study protocol for a randomised controlled trialSummary flow chart for IPC-PLUS trial. IPC = Indwelling pleural catheter, WHO/ECOG = World Health Organisation/Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, PS = Performance status, CXR = Chest X-ray, CT = Computed tomography, VAS = Visual analogue scale, SOB = Shortness of breath, USS = Ultrasound scan.Back to article page