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. 2016 May 8;2016(5):CD010529. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010529.pub2
  Talc slurry Talc poudrage Bleomycin Tetracycline
Talc poudrage 0.77 (0.54, 1.09);
n = 3; Chi2 = 0.57; I2= 0%
NA NA
Bleomycin 1.22 (0.61, 2.45); n = 5*
Chi2 = 4.53; I2 = 12%
9.81 (2.10, 45.89);
n = 2; Chi2 = 0.01; I2 = 0%
NA
Tetracycline NA NA 2.00 (1.07, 3.73);
n = 5(*); Chi2 = 1.23; I2= 0%
NA
C. parvum NA NA 0.72 (0.32, 1.61); n = 2;
Chi2 = 17.04; I2 = 94%
NA
Indwelling pleural catheter 3.35 (1.64, 6.83); n = 2;
Chi2 = 0.00. I2 = 0%
NA NA NA
Mustine NA NA NA 2.72 (0.74, 9.99);
n = 2*;
Chi2 = 0.00; I2 = 0%
Doxycycline NA NA 0.66 (0.24, 1.83); n = 2;
Chi2 = 0.22; I2 = 0%
NA
n = the number of studies included in the pair‐wise comparison. * iIndicates that the comparison included a three‐ arm study. NA = no direct pair‐wise comparison available. Results that are statistically significant at the conventional level of pP < 0.05 are shaded in grey.