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Fibrin sheaths in central venous port catheters: treatment with low-dose, single injection of urokinase on an outpatient basis

PURPOSE: Evaluation of the efficacy of single-shot, low-dose urokinase administration for the treatment of port catheter-associated fibrin sheaths. METHODS: Forty-six patients were retrospectively evaluated for 54 episodes of port catheter dysfunction. The presence of a fibrin sheath was detected by...

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Autores principales: Chang, De-Hua, Mammadov, Kamal, Hickethier, Tilman, Borggrefe, Jan, Hellmich, Martin, Maintz, David, Kabbasch, Christoph
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5279826/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28182117
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/TCRM.S125130