# OnCo record idea-upgrade-daily-pleural-catheter-drainage-offered (idea). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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<https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-upgrade-daily-pleural-catheter-drainage-offered/>
  a schema:CreativeWork ;
  onco:kind "idea" ;
  schema:identifier "idea-upgrade-daily-pleural-catheter-drainage-offered" ;
  schema:name "Daily drainage of an indwelling pleural catheter offered to everyone whose lung re-expands and who wants the catheter out"@en ;
  schema:description "People with fluid around the lung from cancer can have a small tube left in to drain it at home. In two randomised trials, draining it every day rather than less often doubled or more than doubled how often the fluid stopped for good, without making breathlessness worse. The British guideline now recommends it where removing the tube matters to the person; how often it is offered is not measured."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-upgrade-daily-pleural-catheter-drainage-offered/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-10-20"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.201607-1404OC>, <https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(18)30288-1>, <https://doi.org/10.1136/thorax-2022-219784> ;
  onco:tag "protocol-upgrade", "upgrade:proven-unevenly-used", "evidence:moderate" ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/protocols/indwelling-pleural-catheter-drainage-at-home/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/supportive-care/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/indwelling-pleural-catheters/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/pleural-effusion/> ;
  onco:bottlenecks <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-palliative/>, <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-knowledge-diffusion/> .