Two sequential tPA/DNase courses for noncommunicating loculated collections in pleural infection

Intrapleural tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and deoxyribonuclease (DNase) therapy is being increasingly employed as an alternative to surgical intervention for the treatment of complicated parapneumonic effusions and empyema. Published cases are limited to one randomized control trial and few ca...

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Main Authors: Popowicz, Natalia, Piccolo, Francesco, Shrestha, Ranjan, Lee, Y C Gary
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4184516/