Effectiveness and risks associated with intrapleural alteplase by means of tube thoracostomy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 860-864

  Ben Or, Sharon ^a   Feins, Richard H ^a   Veeramachaneni, Nirmal K ^a   Haithcock, Benjamin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALTEPLASE; CLOPIDOGREL; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EFFUSION; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT EFFUSION; PARAPNEUMONIC EFFUSION; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX DRAINAGE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE;

EID: 79951967236     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.10.082     Document Type: Article

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