Ahmed Muhi Fahad
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Najaf Health Directorate, Al-Sadder Teaching Medical City, Ministry of Health/Environment, Najaf, IraqPublications
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Research Article
Povidone-iodine effectiveness as chemical pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusion in comparison to Bleomycin
Author(s): Ahmed Muhi Fahad*, Laith Fathi Flayyh Sharba, Hayder Noaman Rabeea, Ashraf Sami Mohammed, Saja Musafer Abbood and Ahmed Salih Alshewered
Malignant Pleural Effusion (MPE) is occurred in about 15% of all patients with cancer especially in lung cancer. Pleurodesis using Bleomycin and povidoneiodine to palliate symptoms of MPE. This study aimed to compare the efficacy, safety, and outcome of Bleomycin pleurodesis with Povidone-Iodine Pleurodesis (PIP) by injection through a chest tube as a palliative preventive management of recurrent MPE. This is a retrospective cross-sectional cohort study that includes fifty-four patients diagnosed with malignant pleural effusion. The patients were classified into two groups, G1 who received povidone-iodine for pleurodesis (total number 21 patients), and G2 whose received Bleomycin for pleurodesis (total number 33 patients). The mean age of patients in G1 is 62 ± 11.31 years (range from 44-81), while in G2 is 58 ± 10.89 years (range from 43.. Read More»
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S.SREEDHAR
Submitted PhD thesis in Biotechnology at GITAM University, Vizag.
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Yousef Alomi
Yousef Alomi
The Past Head, General Administration of Pharmaceutical Care at Ministry of Health,
Saudi Arabia Critical Care/TPN
Clinical Pharmacist Ministry of Health,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. -
Osamu Tanaka
Osamu Tanaka
Assistant Professor,
Department of Radiation Oncology
Asahi University Hospital
Gifu city, Gifu, Japan -
Maher Abdel Fattah Al-Shayeb
Department of Surgical Sciences, Ajman University, UAE
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Andrzej Zdziennicki
Institute of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medical University of Lodz, I Clinic of Gynecology and Gynecological Oncology (Lodz, Poland)
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