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Liju Ahmed
Researcher at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Publications - 25
Citations - 452
Liju Ahmed is an academic researcher from Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. The author has contributed to research in topics: Malignant pleural effusion & Pleurodesis. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 23 publications receiving 313 citations. Previous affiliations of Liju Ahmed include King's College & King's College London.
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Outpatient Talc Administration by Indwelling Pleural Catheter for Malignant Effusion
Rahul Bhatnagar,Emma Keenan,Anna J Morley,Brennan C Kahan,Andrew E. Stanton,Mohammed Haris,Richard Harrison,Rehan A. Mustafa,Lesley Bishop,Liju Ahmed,Alex West,J Holme,Matthew Evison,Mohammed Munavvar,Pasupathy Sivasothy,Jurgen Herre,David Cooper,Mark Roberts,Anur Guhan,Clare E Hooper,James R. Walters,Tarek Saba,Biswajit Chakrabarti,Samal Gunatilake,Ioannis Psallidas,Steven Walker,Anna C. Bibby,Sarah Smith,Louise Stadon,Natalie Zahan-Evans,Y. C. Gary Lee,John E Harvey,Najib M. Rahman,Robert F. Miller,Nick A Maskell +34 more
TL;DR: Among patients without substantial lung entrapment, the outpatient administration of talc through an indwelling pleural catheter for the treatment of malignant pleural effusion resulted in a significantly higher chance of pleurodesis at 35 days than an ind welling catheter alone, with no deleterious effects.
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Effect of Thoracoscopic Talc Poudrage vs Talc Slurry via Chest Tube on Pleurodesis Failure Rate Among Patients With Malignant Pleural Effusions: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Rahul Bhatnagar,Rahul Bhatnagar,Hania E G Piotrowska,Magda Laskawiec-Szkonter,Brennan C Kahan,Ramon Luengo-Fernandez,J Pepperell,Matthew Evison,J Holme,Mohamed Al-Aloul,Ioannis Psallidas,Wei Shen Lim,Wei Shen Lim,Kevin G. Blyth,Mark E. Roberts,Giles Cox,Nicola J. Downer,Jurgen Herre,Pasupathy Sivasothy,D Menzies,Mohammed Munavvar,Moe M Kyi,Liju Ahmed,Alex West,Richard Harrison,B Prudon,Gihan Hettiarachchi,Biswajit Chakrabarti,Ajikumar Kavidasan,Benjamin Sutton,Natalie Zahan-Evans,Natalie Zahan-Evans,Jack L Quaddy,Anthony Edey,Amelia O Clive,Amelia O Clive,Steven Walker,Steven Walker,Matthew Little,Xue W Mei,John E Harvey,Clare E Hooper,Helen E. Davies,Mark Slade,Merle Sivier,Robert F. Miller,Najib M. Rahman,Nick A Maskell,Nick A Maskell +48 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used an open-label, randomized clinical trial at 17 UK hospitals to test the hypothesis that talc poudrage during thoracoscopy with local anesthesia is more effective than talc slurry delivered via chest tube in successfully inducing pleurodesis.
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Talc pleurodesis through indwelling pleural catheters for malignant pleural effusions: retrospective case series of a novel clinical pathway
TL;DR: The safety and efficacy of administering talc slurry through IPCs in an outpatient setting is confirmed and studies in a larger cohort are necessary to define the role of this novel approach in the treatment algorithm of patients with this condition.
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OPTIMUM: a protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial comparing Out Patient Talc slurry via Indwelling pleural catheter for Malignant pleural effusion vs Usual inpatient Management
Parthipan Sivakumar,Abdel Douiri,Alex West,Deepak Rao,Geoffrey Warwick,Tao Chen,Liju Ahmed,Liju Ahmed +7 more
TL;DR: The OPTIMUM trial is designed to determine whether full outpatient management of malignant pleural effusion with an indwelling pleural catheter (IPC) and pleurodesis improves quality of life (QoL) compared with traditional inpatient care with a chest drain and talc pleurdesis.
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Safety of indwelling pleural catheter use in patients undergoing chemotherapy: a five-year retrospective evaluation
Charleen Chan Wah Hak,Charleen Chan Wah Hak,Parthipan Sivakumar,Parthipan Sivakumar,Liju Ahmed,Liju Ahmed +5 more
TL;DR: This is the second largest retrospective case–control series that concludes systemic chemotherapy is safe in patients with IPC undergoing chemotherapy.