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.
Pleurodesis is done to prevent recurrence of pneumothorax or recurrent pleural effusion. It can be done chemically or surgically. Chemicals such as bleomycin, tetracycline, povidone iodine, or a slurry of talc can be introduced into the pleural space through a chest drain.