Intrapleural Use of Tissue Plasminogen Activator and DNase in Pleural Infection.

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Intrapleural Use of Tissue Plasminogen Activator and DNase in Pleural Infection.

N Engl J Med. 2011 Aug 11;365(6):518-26

Authors: Rahman NM, Maskell NA, West A, Teoh R, Arnold A, Mackinlay C, Peckham D, Davies CW, Ali N, Kinnear W, Bentley A, Kahan BC, Wrightson JM, Davies HE, Hooper CE, Lee YC, Hedley EL, Crosthwaite N, Choo L, Helm EJ, Gleeson FV, Nunn AJ, Davies RJ

More than 30% of patients with pleural infection either die or require surgery. Drainage of infected fluid is key to successful treatment, but intrapleural fibrinolytic therapy did not improve outcomes in an earlier, large, randomized trial.

PMID: 21830966 [PubMed - in process]

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