Intrapleural fibrinolytic treatment of multiloculated pediatric empyemas

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 520-524

  Ülkü, Refik ^a   Önen, Abdurrahman ^a   Onat, Serdar ^a   Kilinç, Nihal ^a   Özçelik, Cemal ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Empyema; Intrapleural fibrinolytic treatment; Streptokinase; Urokinase

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; STREPTOKINASE; UROKINASE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; CHEST TUBES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; FIBRIN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PLEURAL DISEASES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOKINASE; SUCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 4544308260     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-004-1214-7     Document Type: Article

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