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Comparison of intrapleural use of urokinase and tissue plasminogen activator/DNAse in pleural infection

Fibrinolysis can be used to improve fluid drainage in pleural infection. Treatment with either urokinase or tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) in association with DNAse via a chest tube has been effective at reducing the need for surgery. This study is the first to compare the efficacy of these two...

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Autores principales: Bédat, Benoît, Plojoux, Jérôme, Noel, Jade, Morel, Anna, Worley, Jonathan, Triponez, Frédéric, Karenovics, Wolfram
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Respiratory Society 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6734009/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31528637
http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00084-2019