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Do you routinely continue using TPA/Dornase for treatment of empyema, if there is accumulation of new sero-sanguinous output from the chest tube after the initial treatment?

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Pulmonology · Prisma Health Pulmonology And Sleep Center

In my practice, if there is an accumulation of serosanguinous output after initial treatment, further treatment with tPa/ dornase depends on several factors.

  1. Hct of drainage - if > 50%, will not give further dose.
  2. If a patient is coagulopathic or receiving anticoagulation for a medical condition af...

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