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Table 1 Summary of reported cases of fibrin glue pleurodesis for persistent PTX in preterm infants

From: Fibrin glue pleurodesis for pneumothorax in extremely preterm infants: a case report and literature review

 

Gestational age (wks)

Birth weight (g)

Number of cases

Age at treatment (d)

Fibrin glue dose (mL)

Complications

Berger [7]

26

850

1

30

10

–

Kuint [9]

31

–

1

59

5

–

Sarkar [8]

24–29

530–1500

7

  

Bradycardia, hypercalcemia, skin necrosis, transient diaphragm paralysis

Campolat [2]

25

790

1

15

3.5

–

Nishizaki [1]

25

764

1

8

6

–

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Italian Journal of Pediatrics

ISSN: 1824-7288

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