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.
Definition. 1  Pleurisy is an inflammation of the membrane that surrounds and protects the lungs (the pleura). Inflammation occurs when an infection or damaging agent irritates the pleural surface. 2  Pleurisy, also called pleuritis, is a condition that generally stems from an existing respiratory infection, disease, or injury.