Intrapleural fibrinolysis in the management of empyemas and haemothoraces. Our experience;Fibrinolisi intrapleurica nel trattamento degli empiemi e degli emotoraci nostra esperienza

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 12-16

  Basile, Antonio ^a,c   Boullosa Seoane, Esther ^a   Dominguez Viguera, Luis ^b   Certo, Antonio ^a   Mundo, Elena ^b   Garcia Medina, José ^b   Casal Rivas, Moises ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b HOSPITAL XERAL CÍES   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drainage; Empyema; Fibrinolytic; Hemothorax

Indexed keywords

STREPTODORNASE; STREPTOKINASE; UROKINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; DRUG INSTILLATION; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PLEURA EFFUSION; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DRAINAGE; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; INSTILLATION, DRUG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA; PLEURAL EFFUSION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 0038215444     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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