Adjunctive intrapleural tissue plasminogen activator administered via chest tubes placed with imaging guidance: Effectiveness and risk for hemorrhage

Radiology

Volumn 246, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 956-963

  Gervais, Debra A ^a   Levis, Diane A ^a   Hahn, Peter F ^a   Uppot, Raul N ^a   Arellano, Ronald S ^a   Mueller, Peter R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DALTEPARIN; HEPARIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CATHETER; CHILD; DECORTICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PLEURA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX DRAINAGE; TUBE; ADOLESCENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; CHEST TUBES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 40949092646     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2463070235     Document Type: Article

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