Hemothorax following administration of intrapleural alteplase

Respiration

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 715-

  Ruiz, Agustín ^a   Porcel, José Manuel ^a   Madroñero, Ana Belén ^a   Galindo, Carles ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; STREPTOKINASE; UROKINASE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; BLEEDING; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; LETTER; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 33749254425     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095314     Document Type: Letter

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