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Optimizing Recovery: Early Versus Delayed Chest Tube Removal in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial [PDF]

Critical Care Explorations
OBJECTIVES:. To evaluate the safety and efficacy of an early chest tube removal protocol in reducing tube duration without increasing complications following pediatric cardiac surgery. DESIGN:. A single-center, randomized controlled trial.
Abdulraouf M.Z. Jijeh, MD, Ghassan A. Shaath, MD, Sameh R. Ismail, MD, Mohamed S. Kabbani, PhD, Omar M. Hijazi, MD, Hayan Altaweel, MD, Husam Hamada, MD, Ammar Qadi, MD, Anis Fatima, MD, Abdrabo Abdrabo, MD, Wiaam Ahmed, MD, Nuha Ahmed, MD, Ahmed Elsaoudi, MD, Ahmed Yousef, MD, Rehana Shafi, MD, Husam I. Ardah, PhD, Ahmad Elwy, MD, Abdullah A. Alghamdi, MD   +17 more
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Why the Lung Doesn’t Expand After Chest Tube Insertion?(Learning from Errors)

Case Reports in Clinical Practice, 2023
Chest tube insertion is one of the common and critical procedures in emergency room. The most common tool for chest tube position confirmation is chest x-ray.
Peyman Hafezimoghadam, Aydin Mohammadvalipoor, Nazanin Alaei Faradonbeh   +2 more
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Feasibility of early removal of chest tube in the operating room for spontaneous pneumothorax: A prospective randomized controlled study

Asian Journal of Surgery, 2021
Background/Objective: Chest drainage tube after surgery causes pain and prolonged length of hospital stay. Especially, young patients tend to experience greater postoperative pain than elderly patients.
Yo Kawaguchi, Jun Hanaoka, Kazuki Hayashi   +2 more
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Chest trauma management with small-bore chest tube

Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2020
Yuki Yoshioka, Hisashi Ishikura
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Reduced survival in patients requiring chest tubes with COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndromeCentral MessagePerspective

JTCVS Open, 2022
Background: Numerous complications requiring tube thoracostomy have been reported among critically ill patients with COVID-19; however, there has been a lack of evidence regarding outcomes following chest tube placement.
Nicholas W. Rizer, MD, Benjamin Smood, MD, Blake Mergler, MD, Alexandra E. Sperry, MD, Christian A. Bermudez, MD, Jacob T. Gutsche, MD, Asad A. Usman, MD, MPH   +6 more
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Chest tube displacement [PDF]

American Journal of Roentgenology, 1980
The direct and indirect radiographic signs of lobar collapse or atelectasis are well described [1 , 2]. Aside from a local increase in lung opacity, the diagnosis of lobar collapse is often suggested by movement or displacement of normal intrathoracic structures such as the fissures, hila, hemidiaphragms, and the mediastinum or trachea.
A F, Petras, D L, Klein
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Active clearance of chest tubes after cardiac surgery: a propensity score matched analysis

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2020
AIMS OF THE STUDY Chest tubes inserted to drain shed mediastinal blood after cardiac surgery often become clogged, limiting their capacity to evacuate blood, and leading to blood retention and retained blood syndrome.
Vasileios Ntinopoulos, Achim Haeussler, Nestoras Papadopoulos, Dragan Odavic, Patricia Fodor, Daniele Brugnetti, Laura Rings, Stak Dushaj, Omer Dzemali   +8 more
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Application of Two Ultrafine Chest Tube for Drainage after
Pulmonary Uniportal Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer, 2021
Background and objective At present, an ultrafine chest tube combined with a traditional thick tube were often used after pulmonary uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (U-VATS).
Lei CHEN, Yongbing CHEN, Xuejie WU, Xing JIN, Xuejuan ZHU   +4 more
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The process and safety of removing chest tubes 4 to 12 hours after robotic pulmonary lobectomy and segmentectomyCentral MessagePerspective

JTCVS Open, 2023
Objective: Chest tubes cause pain and morbidity. Methods: This is a quality initiative study and review of patients who underwent robotic pulmonary resection by 1 surgeon (R.J.C.).
Ashley J. McCormack, MD, Mohamed El Zaeedi, MD, Travis C. Geraci, MD, Robert J. Cerfolio, MD, MBA   +3 more
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The Right Time for Chest Tube Removal in the Patient with Cardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review

Archives of Anesthesia and Critical Care, 2021
Background: Chest tube insertion is recommended after cardiac surgery, and inserted annually for a large number of these patients. In addition to its benefits, the chest tube may have risks that are mismanaged.
Abbas Heydari, Zahra Sadat Manzari, Masoud Abdollahi   +2 more
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