Intrapleural Tenecteplase Therapy in Treatment of Loculated Parapneumonic Pleural Effusions and Empyema

Background: Thoracic empyema (TE) and loculated parapneumonic effusions (CPE) cause considerable morbidity and mortality, with an estimated case-fatality rate of 15%. Intrapleural administration of recombinant tissue plasminogen activators (r-TPA) such as tenecteplase (TNKase) has been recently empl...

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Hauptverfasser:	Alaa Refaat, Nasr Affara, Tark Muhsen, Moataz Salahuddin
Format:	Artigo
Sprache:	Inglês
Veröffentlicht:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-10-01
Schriftenreihe:	Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
Schlagworte:	Tenecteplase Recombinant tissue plasminogen activators Intrapleural fibrinolytics Parapneumonic effusion Empyema
Online-Zugang:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763814001526
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