Life-threatening complications related to minocycline pleurodesis.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
For decades, chemical pleurodesis using minocycline has been widely accepted as an effective, safe, and cheap treatment for persistent air leak after pulmonary resection. We report a case with persistent postoperative air leak that suffered from cardiorespiratory arrest just after a minocycline pleurodesis, which may be related to the aspiration of minocycline solution from a bronchopleural fistula. Therefore, we suggest a bronchoscopic examination be performed before the pleurodesis if a bronchopleural fistula is highly suspected.
Medical subject headings
- Bronchial Fistula
- Minocycline
- Pleural Diseases
- Pleurodesis