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Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients described |
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| Case |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| Gender |
F |
F |
F |
| Age |
59 |
42 |
57 |
| Cancer site |
Ovarian (relapse) |
Breast stage III-B |
Ovarian stage IV |
| Time of catheter stay (days) before symptoms |
1 |
155 |
63 |
| Thrombus site |
Superior vena cava |
Superior vena cava extended to right atrium |
Subclavian and yugular veins |
| Days of antimicrobials before thrombolysis |
7 |
19 |
6 |
| Indication for thrombolyis |
Persitent fever and bacteremia. |
Persistent fever and septic embolization |
Persitent fever and septic embolization |
| Staphylococcus aureus methicillin sensible |
+ |
+ |
+ |
| Streptokinase dose |
250,000 IU hr. bolus + 40,000 us/hr for 24 hrs. |
250,000 IU us/hr bolus. |
250,000 us 1 hr. bolus + 25,000 us/hr for 12 hrs. |
| Thrombus lysis |
100% |
100% |
100% |
| ARDS* |
No |
No |
No |
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* Acute respiratory distress syndrome | |||
Volkow et al. Thrombosis Journal 2005 3:11 doi:10.1186/1477-9560-3-11 |
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