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.
Thoracentesis. Thoracentesis is a procedure performed to remove fluid from the space between the lungs and the chest wall (the pleural space). The buildup of excess pleural fluid is called pleural effusion. Some of the causes of pleural effusion are: 1  Congestive heart failure.