Clinical efficacy and bleeding outcomes of tissue plasminogen activator and dornase alfa in pleural space infection with once daily concurrent administration: a retrospective cohort study
Abstract Objective The use of intrapleural tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and dornase alfa (DNase) is common in the management of pleural space infection. We review our experience with the efficacy and safety of this therapy. We performed a single center, retrospective study of consecutive patie...
Main Authors: | Chuan Jiang, Meng Xie, Kelly Cervellione, Craig Thurm |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-08-01
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Series: | BMC Research Notes |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-020-05210-2 |
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