Treatment of loculated pleural effusion with intrapleural urokinase in children
β Scribed by Alik Kornecki; Yakov Sivan
- Book ID
- 117160547
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 364 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-3468
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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.
Background. The authors assessed the tolerance and efficacy of intrapleural interleukin-2 (IL-2) in patients with malignant effusion. Methods. Twenty-three patients had a total of 25 metastatic pleural effusions; the patients were treated with recombinant IL-2 by means of a continuous intrapleural