Domiciliary thrombolytic treatment.

Domiciliary Treatment of Tuberculosis

By F. R. Walters.?Published by Bailliere, Tindal & Cox, 1921. Price 12s. 6d. net. Tiik book is written from wide experience. The author has studied the treatment of tuberculosis in institutions both in England and on the continent. As a County Tuberculosis Officer he knows the problem well from its domiciliary aspect. Much of the subject-matter of the book will be found in larger works, but the...

Thrombolytic treatment and proteinuria.

OBJECTIVES To determine whether patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing thrombolysis with streptokinase develop changes in renal function. DESIGN Prospective assessment of renal function in 60 consecutive patients admitted with acute myocardial infarction. SETTING Tertiary referral centre and city general hospital. PATIENTS 60 consecutive patients with acute myocardial infarc...

Thrombolytic treatment of pulmonary embolism.

Intracoronary thrombolytic treatment: another hazard.

A patient with acute anterior myocardial infarction was treated with intracoronary thrombolysis. At cardiac catheterisation the first contrast injection into the left coronary artery dislodged some of the thrombus occluding the left anterior descending coronary artery. The thrombus embolised into the circumflex artery where fortunately it fragmented without causing occlusion. The risk of detach...

Successful thrombolytic treatment of neonatal arterial thromboses.

Compared to children of other age groups neonates show an increased thrombotic risk. The acute therapy depends on thrombus age, the localisation of vascular occlusion and the severity of the underlying disease. The treatment of choice is represented by the administration of unfractionated (UFH) or low molecular weight heparin (LMWH). If loss of limbs or organs is imminent, the application of th...