Talc pleurodesis and acute respiratory distress syndrome

Talc is the only agent shown to be effective in patients with low pleural pH (associated with shorter survival after pleurodesis than normal pH).1 However, its superiority to other sclerosants in randomised studies2 has been tempered by reports in the Americas of patients developing acute respirator...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Lancet (British edition) 2007-05, Vol.369 (9572), p.1494-1496
1. Verfasser:	Aelony, Yossef
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Atoms & subatomic particles Breast cancer Hospitals Humans Internal Medicine Lung cancer Medical instruments Particle Size Patients Pleural Effusion, Malignant - therapy Pleurodesis - adverse effects Pleurodesis - methods Prospective Studies Respiratory diseases Respiratory distress syndrome Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult - etiology Respiratory therapy Side effects Slurries Studies Talc Talc - administration & dosage Talc - adverse effects
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