Precision-guided, personalized intrapleural fibrinolytic therapy for empyema and complicated parapneumonic pleural effusions: The case for the fibrinolytic potential
Complicated pleural effusions and empyema with loculation and failed drainage are common clinical problems. In adults, intrapleural fibrinolytic therapy (IPFT) is commonly used with variable results, and therapy remains empiric. Despite the intrapleural use of various plasminogen activators (PAs) -...
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Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
2017
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