Is intrapleural streptokinase instillation a routine for parapneumonic empyema?

Acta Paediatrica Taiwanica

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 59-60

  Wong, Kin Sun ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; STREPTOKINASE; UROKINASE;

BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DRAIN; EDITORIAL; EMPYEMA; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PLEURA EFFUSION; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

DRAINAGE; EMPYEMA; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMANS; INSTILLATION, DRUG; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; STREPTOKINASE; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 33747261574     PISSN: 16088115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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