The Effect of Silver Nitrate Pleurodesis after a Failed Thoracoscopic Talc Poudrage

Table 2

Results.

Variables	Before SNS slurry	After SNS slurry	𝑃 value
Pain score (mean ± SD)*	3.4±1.3	3.7±1.6	NS
Fluid drainage; (mean ± SD)^†	597.0±122.8	109.1±22.3	0.001
Hospital stay; (mean ± SD)	7±0	8.2±2.8	NS
Chest tube permanence (mean ± SD)	—	6.2±2.3	—
Recurrence in 30 days (𝑛/%)	—	2/11	—
Fever (𝑛/%)	4/23	5/29	NS
ARDS (𝑛/%)	—	0/0	—
Empyema (𝑛/%)	—	0/0	—
Mortality (𝑛/%)	—	0/0	—

SD: standard deviation.
*Pain was evaluated before and 1 h after the first administration of SNS.
^†Considering the mean daily fluid drainage during the postprocedure period, both after talc poudrage and SNS slurry.