Intrapleural urokinase versus normal saline in the treatment of complicated parapneumonic effusions and empyema: A randomized, double-blind study

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-42

  Bouros, Demosthenes ^a   Schiza, Sophia ^a   Tzanakis, Nikolaos ^a   Chalkiadakis, George ^a   Drositis, John ^a   Siafakas, Nikolaos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UROKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAPLEURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032900964     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.159.1.9803094     Document Type: Article

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