Selective bronchial intubation for the treatment of bronchopleural fistula in a preterm newborn.

CHEST I 103 I 5 1 MAY, 1993 1639 in terms of reduction of morbidity and/or mortality, the administration of heparin alone, followed by coumadin, should continue to be considered the standard of care and should be the therapy in the vast majority of cases of pulmonary embolism . Aside from perhaps use in patients dying ofthe obstructive effects ofthe acute embolism, the role of thrombolytic therapy in the treatment of pulmonary embolism has yet to be defined.