Table 2.

Comparing of talc slurry and bleomycin according to side effects, complications, and pneumothorax recurrence

Effect on pneumothorax, Side Effects, complications, and recurrence	Talc, right side	Bleomycin, left side
Pain (pleuritic chest pain)	++	+
Nausea	+	−
Fever	++	+
Tachycardia	+	−
Hypotension	−	−
Breathlessness and dyspnea	+	−
Cough	+	−
Respiratory distress	−	−
Decreased O2 saturation	−	−
Hypersensitivity to the drug	−	−
Recurrent pneumothorax	−	+
Pethidine use	++	+
Pleural effusion	−	−
Pneumonia	−	−
Hemothorax	−	−
Pneumothorax recurrence	−	+