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Use of carefully titrated ultra‐low doses of alteplase in infected haemothorax caused by initial alteplase use to drain loculated malignant pleural effusion

Alteplase as a fibrinolytic can be used to break up fibrin to encourage clot breakdown for clinical use. In the pleural space, it is used for symptomatic loculated malignant pleural effusions and pleural infections and can potentially avoid the need for surgical intervention. The optimal dose and do...

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Autores principales: Oh, Jeong Suk, Yoo, Chris, Wong, Donny
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10412854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37577412
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.1202