Intrapleural tissue plasminogen activator for complicated pleural effusions

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1178-1183

  Skeete, Dionne A ^a   Rutherford, Edmund J ^a   Schlidt, Scott A ^a   Abrams, Jeffrey E ^a   Parker, L A ^a   Rich, Preston B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pleural effusion; Streptokinase; Tissue plasminogen activator; Urokinase

Indexed keywords

STREPTODORNASE; STREPTOKINASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMORBIDITY; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11144233943     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000141879.67441.52     Document Type: Article

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