Long-term treatment of plastic bronchitis with aerosolized tissue plasminogen activator in a Fontan patient

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 76-78

  Wakeham, Martin K ^a   Van Bergen, Andrew H ^a   Torero, Luis E ^a   Akhter, Javeed ^a  

^a ADVOCATE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Bronchial casts; Congenital heart disease; Fontan operation; Plastic bronchitis; Tissue plasminogen activator

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AZITHROMYCIN; DORNASE ALFA; FLUTICASONE; SALBUTAMOL; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AEROSOL; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AORTA ARCH HYPOPLASIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATELECTASIS; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; COUGHING; CROUPOUS BRONCHITIS; CYANOSIS; DETERIORATION; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE DOUBLE INLET; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPOPLASIA; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; NORWOOD PROCEDURE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE STENOSIS; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATORS; RECURRENCE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21744458795     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000149320.06424.1D     Document Type: Article

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