Intrapleural fibrinolytics combined with image-guided chest tube drainage for pleural infection

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 407-413

  Levinson, Gary M ^a   Pennington, Daniel W ^a  

^a Mercy Medical Center of North Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FATALITY; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURISY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBE;

EID: 34047225057     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/82.4.407     Document Type: Article

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