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Early Pleurodesis for Postoperative Air Leak with Autologous Blood and 50% Glucose Solution

Journal of Chest Surgery, 2023
Background: Postoperative air leaks after pulmonary resection prolong the duration of chest drainage and the length of hospital stay. One of the many treatment options is bedside pleurodesis using various agents. This study evaluated the feasibility of
Jeong In Hong, Jun Hee Lee, Hyun Koo Kim
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Clinical outcomes of chemical pleurodesis using a minocycline

Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease, 2019
Background: Pleurodesis is often used to prevent the re-accumulation of a malignant pleural effusion (MPE). Intrapleural urokinase (IPUK) therapy facilitates lung re-expansion for patients with loculated MPE or a trapped lung that allows subsequent ...
Li-Han Hsu, An-Chen Feng, Thomas C. Soong, Jen-Sheng Ko, Nei-Min Chu, Yung-Feng Lin, Shu-Huei Kao   +6 more
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Role of chest ultrasound in detecting successful pleurodesis

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2017
Background: Thoracic ultrasonography easily detects the sign of ‘pleural sliding’, due to the movement of the visceral pleura on the parietal pleura. This sign is absent when pleurodesis is successful.
Ahmed Abd El Megied El Hadidy, Khalid Mahmoud Kamel, Amany Atf Al Kareem Abo Zaid, Eman Kamal, Hussien El Shahat Hussien Fayiad   +4 more
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The impact of repeated thoracentesis on the outcome of chemical pleurodesis in malignant pleural effusion

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2012
Repeated thoracentesis may cause pleural inflammation and induce local release of proinfammatory cytokine as tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) which may subsequently enhance the release of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) and lead to fibrin ...
Adel Salah, Amany Shaker, Alaa ElGazzar, Amany Fawzy   +3 more
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Pleurodesis [PDF]

Palliative Medicine in Practice, 2022
Pleurodesis is a definitive management strategy in malignant pleural effusion, its history is briefly described, and a narrative review is made about its indication, patient selection, response predictors and ...
Radhika Banka, Mohamed Ellayeh, Najib Rahman   +2 more
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Evaluation of pleurodesis by poly-ε-caprolactone (PCL) gel in an animal model using New Zealand white rabbits

Asian Journal of Surgery, 2019
Summary: Background/Purpose: Pleurodesis with biomaterial implant is an emerging treatment method for pleural diseases. However, the ideal biomaterial or the optimal form for the common diseases is still under investigation.
Cheng-Hung How, Chi-Wei Lin, Yong-Chong Lin, Tai-Horng Young, Ke-Cheng Chen, Jin-Shing Chen   +5 more
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Study of poly-ɛ-caprolactone membranes for pleurodesis

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2017
Pleurodesis with biomaterial membrane is an emerging treatment method for pneumothorax. However, the ideal one for the common disease is still under debate.
Ke-Cheng Chen, Min-Shu Hsieh, Yun-Ru Li, Yong-Chong Lin, Hong-Shiee Lai, Ming-Jium Shieh, Jin-Shing Chen, Tai-Horng Young   +7 more
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Hubungan Nilai PH Cairan Pleura dengan Hasil Pleurodesis pada Penderita Efusi Pleura karena Keganasan [Acidity of Pleural Fluid and Pleurodesis in a Patient with Malignant Pleural Effusion]

Jurnal Respirasi, 2017
Background: Pleural effusion is a frequent complication of advanced stage are obtained in patients with malignancy. Shortness of breath at rest and decreased exercise tolerance are major functional limitations for patients with cancer who develop ...
Isnin Anang Marhana, Asep Tri Handoko
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Long-Term Recurrence-Free Outcome After Doxycycline Pleurodesis With Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Nutritional Support in an Underweight Patient With COPD: A Case Report. [PDF]

Respirol Case Rep
Recurrent secondary spontaneous pneumothorax (SSP) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with structural lung damage and underweight status. In this case, doxycycline pleurodesis combined with pulmonary rehabilitation and nutritional support was associated with sustained lung re‐expansion and a 22‐month recurrence‐free outcome ...
Notariza KR, Pradono P, Widjanantie SC, Rachmi E, Susanto AD.   +4 more
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Successful use of doxycycline pleurodesis in non-immune hydrops fetalis secondary to congenital chylothorax

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2018
Congenital chylothorax is a rare presentation of nonimmune hydrops fetalis (NIHF). We report a case of congenital chylothorax presenting as NIHF managed successfully with chemical pleurodesis.
Vilmaris Quinones Cardona, MD, Michelle Clark, MD, Margaret Gilfillan, MD, Randy Stevens, MD   +3 more
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