A44 INTERVENTIONAL PULMONARY: CASE REPORTS: Successful Use Of Intrapleural Alteplase And Dornase In A Pregnant Woman With Complicated Parapneumonic Effusion

A44 INTERVENTIONAL PULMONARY: CASE REPORTS: Successful Use Of Intrapleural Alteplase And Dornase In A Pregnant Woman With Complicated Parapneumonic Effusion

A 32 year-old pregnant woman at 28 week gestation and a history of active IV drug use presented with fever, pleuritic chest pain, and hemoptysis. Intrapleural alteplase and dornase therapy for empyema has been shown to lower the rate of surgical referral for decortication and decrease length of hosp...

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Veröffentlicht in:American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2017-01, Vol.195
Hauptverfasser: Amariei, D E, Sangwan, Y S, Tran, B-C, Yao, R, Kopelman, J N, Britt, E J, Sachdeva, A, Pickering, E M
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Sprache:eng
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Pregnancy
Thrombolytic drugs
Womens health
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Zusammenfassung:A 32 year-old pregnant woman at 28 week gestation and a history of active IV drug use presented with fever, pleuritic chest pain, and hemoptysis. Intrapleural alteplase and dornase therapy for empyema has been shown to lower the rate of surgical referral for decortication and decrease length of hospital stay.
ISSN:1073-449X
1535-4970