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US 12,084,695 B2Granted
Treatment for airway cast obstruction
AssigneeNational Jewish Health
InventorsLivia A. Veress, Carl W. White
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to methods of treatment of airway obstruction associated with fibrin-containing cast formation by administering a fibrinolytic agent.
Claims15
A method to treat airway obstruction caused by the formation of airway fibrin containing casts resulting from a subject's exposure to sulfur mustard (SM) or 2-choloethyl ethyl sulfide (CEES), in a subject having been exposed to SM or CEES, the method comprising administering to the airway of the subject a fibrinolytic agent, wherein the fibrinolytic agent decreases the airway fibrin containing casts.
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