In-patient management and treatment satisfaction after intravitreous plasminogen activator injection

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 244, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1421-1428

  Mozaffarieh, Maneli ^a   Heinzl, Harald ^a   Sacu, Stefan ^a   Wedrich, Andreas ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Intravetreous injection; Patients' satisfaction; Plasminogen activator injection; Subretinal hemmorhage

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INJECTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA SURGERY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; INPATIENTS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRONE POSITION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 33750993727     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-005-0232-z     Document Type: Article

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