Controlled trial of intrapleural streptokinase in the treatment of pleural empyema and complicated parapneumonic effusions

Chest

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 275-279

  Nyat, Kooi Chin ^a   Lim, Tow K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

decortication; empyema; parapneumonic; pleural effusion; streptokinase; thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; STREPTOKINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX DRAINAGE;

EID: 0031034856     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.2.275     Document Type: Article

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