Intrapleural fibrinolysis in clotted haemothorax

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 984-986

  Agarwal, Ritesh ^a   Aggarwal, A N ^a   Gupta, D ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Clotted haemothorax; Haemothorax; Intrapleural fibrinolysis; Intrapleural streptokinase; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

STREPTOKINASE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; MALE; REVIEW; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; MALE; STREPTOKINASE;

EID: 33751017676     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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