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Review
. 2018 May;15(5):515-517.
doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201711-848PS.

Intrapleural Fibrinolytic Therapy for Empyema and Pleural Loculation: Knowns and Unknowns

Steven Idell  1 , Najib M Rahman  2   3
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Review

Intrapleural Fibrinolytic Therapy for Empyema and Pleural Loculation: Knowns and Unknowns

Steven Idell et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2018 May.
No abstract available

Keywords: empyema and complicated parapneumonic pleural effusions; fibrinolysins; plasminogen activator inhibitor-1; plasminogen activators.

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Figure 1.
The bullets indicate the current status of key issues related to intrapleural fibrinolytic therapy and are predicated upon the authors’ synthesis of the literature. ADA = anti-drug antibodies; CPE = complicated parapneumonic pleural effusions; EMP = empyema; IPFT = intrapleural fibrinolytic therapy.
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