Treatment of haemothorax

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1583-1587

  Boersma, Wim G ^a   Stigt, Jos A ^b   Smit, Hans J M ^c  

^a Location Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

^b Isala Klinieken Zwolle ^*  (Netherlands)

^c Alysis Healthcare Group   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prophylaxis; Chest tube; Computerized tomography; Fibrinolytic therapy; Haemothorax; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; STREPTOKINASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE;

ALGORITHM; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FIBRINOLYSIS; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRAPLEURAL FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX INJURY; THORAX SURGERY; TUBE; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHEST TUBES; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACOTOMY; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 77957105621     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2010.08.006     Document Type: Review

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