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  • Condition: Pleural Space Infection
  • Journal: BMC research notes
  • Treatment Used: Tissue Plasminogen Activator and Dornase Alfa
  • Number of Patients: 56
  • Published —
This study presented experience with the safety and effectiveness of intrapleural tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and dornase alfa (DNase) for the treatment of pleural space infection.
  • Condition: Pleural Infection
  • Journal: Annals of the American Thoracic Society
  • Treatment Used: Early Medical Thoracoscopy (MT) vs. Intrapleural Fibrinolytic Therapy (IPFT)
  • Number of Patients: 32
  • Published —
This study considered patients with pleural infection (infection of the thin, fluid-filled spaces in the lungs) in order to analyze the safety and effectiveness of early medical thoracoscopy (diagnostic procedure involving minimally invasive surgical insertion of a thin, lighted scope through the chest; MT) versus intrapleural fibrinolytic therapy (insertion of a chest tube to dissolve materials in the thin, fluid-filled spaces in the lungs; IPFT) as treatment options.
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