A 75-year-old male patient referred from a medical college for emergency surgical removal of chest tube from the right pulmonary artery, inserted while treating a right-sided pneumothorax.
Arun Kumar Haridas +4 more
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Realistic Chest Tube Simulator Using Pork Belly with Skin
Audience: The pork belly chest tube simulator is designed to instruct Emergency Medicine residents and Emergency Medicine-bound students. Introduction: Chest tube insertion is an essential procedural skill that must be mastered by practicing ...
Donald Patrick Mebust, Jonathan Kei
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Combined effects of reflexology massage and respiratory relaxation on pain following chest tube removal in heart surgery patients [PDF]
Background and aim Removing the chest tube in cardiac patients after surgery is one of the worst experiences of hospitalization in the intensive care units.
Zainab Bahramian +3 more
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Impact of Peer-Assisted Learning in Chest Tube Insertion Education on Surgical Residents [PDF]
Objective: To investigate the impact of peer-assisted learning (PAL) in chest tube insertion education on surgical residents. Methods: This study is a quasi-experimental study conducted on thirty general surgeon residents enrolled in the PAL program ...
Iman Deilamy +4 more
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Comparison of Chest X-ray and Clinical Findings in Trauma Patients after Chest Tube Removal [PDF]
Introduction: Selective omission of Chest X-ray (CXR) after chest tube removal in asymptomatic patients has an important role in reduction of the consequences of unnecessary radiographies.
Ramyar Farzan +3 more
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Optimizing Recovery: Early Versus Delayed Chest Tube Removal in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial [PDF]
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 +17 more
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Transcutaneous nerve stimulation for pain relief during chest tube removal following cardiac surgery
Background and Aims: In patients undergoing open heart surgery, chest tubes are removed postoperatively when patients are well awake and stable. Pain during chest tube removal can be moderate to severe and can be the worst experience of hospitalization ...
Vishwas Malik +3 more
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Why the Lung Doesn’t Expand After Chest Tube Insertion?(Learning from Errors)
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 +2 more
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Bleeding Complications from Chest Tube Treatment in Patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support. [PDF]
Dimberg A +4 more
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Challenging tradition: Pediatric thoracotomy can be performed safely without a chest tube: A retrospective study. [PDF]
Al-Hurani M +9 more
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