The biological role of pleural fluid PAI-1 and sonographic septations in pleural infection: analysis of a prospectively collected clinical outcome study
Rationale: Sonographic septations are assumed to be important clinical predictors of outcome in pleural infection but the evidence for this is sparse. The inflammatory and fibrinolysis-associated intrapleural pathway(s) leading to septation formation have not been studied in a large cohort of pleura...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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American Thoracic Society
2022
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