The Safety of Thoracentesis in Patients with Uncorrected Bleeding Risk

Background: Thoracentesis is commonly performed to evaluate pleural effusions. Many medications (warfarin, heparin, clopidogrel) or physiological factors (elevated International Normalized Ratio [INR], thrombocytopenia, uremia) increase the risk for bleeding. Frequently these medications are withhel...

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Auteurs principaux: Puchalski, Jonathan T., Argento, A. Christine, Murphy, Terrence E., Araujo, Katy L. B., Pisani, Margaret A.
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: American Thoracic Society 2013
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3960907/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23952852
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1513/AnnalsATS.201210-088OC
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