Features of Parapneumonic Effusions
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Fibrinolytics in parapneumonic effusions/empyemas.
We read with interest the point/counterpoint debate by Drs Corcoran, Rahman, Colice, and Idell in CHEST (January 2014) 1 4 regarding thrombolytics in parapneumonic eff usions (PPEs)/empyemas. We have treated . 400 patients with PPEs and empyemas with intrapleural tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), and only four patients with chronic empyema needed decortication. We published two articles; one ...
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عنوان ژورنال: PRILOZI
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1857-8985,1857-9345
DOI: 10.2478/prilozi-2018-0033