Duluth, MN (NNCNOW.com) - Justen Paul Linskie has been charged with criminal vehicular homicide and driving after revocation following the hit and run death of Susan Elizabeth Legarde-Menz.
Chemical pleurodesis is the instillation of either sterile talc or erythromycin to produce irritation or inflammation of the pleura. With bedside pleurodesis or tube thoracostomy pleurodesis, sterile talc is mixed with lidocaine and sterile water to create a talc slurry.
Talc pleurodesis. Reason for procedure: Pleurodesis is performed in the presence of a pleural effusion. An effusion is a collection of fluid around the lung, in the space between the ribs and the lung.he pleural effusion in heart, liver and kidney failure is usually not treated with talc pleurodesis. Cancer which has spread to the lungs is the commonest reason to perform the procedure.