Urokinase for restoring patency of malfunctioning or blocked central venous catheters in children with hemato-oncological diseases

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 840-843

  Molinari, Angelo Claudio ^a   Haupt, Riccardo ^a   Saracco, Paola ^b   Di Marco, Maria ^a   Castagnola, Elio ^a   Fratino, Giuseppe ^a  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b REGINA MARGHERITA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central venous catheters; Children; Malfunctioning; Occlusion; Urokinase

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; UROKINASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCLUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATORS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 12144258427     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-004-0616-3     Document Type: Article

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