Drainage of loculated and/or multiloculate pleural effusion using a small caliber catheter and urokinase (pleural-fibrinolysis);Drenaje de derrames pleurales loculados y/o tabicados mediante cateter de pequeno calibre y urocinasa (pleurofibrinolisis)

Archivos de Bronconeumologia

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 510-515

  De Gregorio Ariza, M A ^a   Ruiz, C ^a   Alfonso, E R ^a   Fernandez J A ^a   Perez Trullen A ^a   Arino I ^a   Rodriguez Panadero F ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Intrapleural fibrinolysis; Multiloculated pleural effusion; Percutaneous drainage; Pleural empyema; Pleural fibrinolysis; Ultrasonography; Urokinase

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; UROKINASE;

ARTICLE; CATHETER; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMAN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; TUBE; ULTRASOUND; VISCOSITY; WOUND DRAINAGE;

EID: 0030459847     PISSN: 03002896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0300-2896(15)30686-4     Document Type: Article

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