Treatment of complicated pleural effusio
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Fernando M. de Benedictis; Giovanni De Giorgi; Antonio Niccoli; Stefania Troiani
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Article
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2000
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Intrapleural administration of fibrinolytic agents such as urokinase (UK) has been advocated as an alternative method to manage complicated pleural effusion (CPE). Despite the increasing number of empyemas successfully treated with UK in adults, the experience in children is limited to a few cases.