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Critical Care Clinics, 1992
Knowledge of the indications, placement, and management of chest tubes in the intensive care unit is essential for the care of the critically ill patient. Awareness of the complications and mechanical difficulties that can occur with chest tubes and their drainage systems is essential for the safe and effective use of these devices.
T J, Iberti, P M, Stern
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Knowledge of the indications, placement, and management of chest tubes in the intensive care unit is essential for the care of the critically ill patient. Awareness of the complications and mechanical difficulties that can occur with chest tubes and their drainage systems is essential for the safe and effective use of these devices.
T J, Iberti, P M, Stern
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2021
The insertion of a chest tube is a common therapeutic procedure routinely employed to restore the natural negative pressure in the pleural space and ensure complete pulmonary reexpansion through the drainage of a pathologic collection of fluid and/or air from the thoracic cavity.
Giulio Maurizi +2 more
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The insertion of a chest tube is a common therapeutic procedure routinely employed to restore the natural negative pressure in the pleural space and ensure complete pulmonary reexpansion through the drainage of a pathologic collection of fluid and/or air from the thoracic cavity.
Giulio Maurizi +2 more
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Surgical Clinics of North America, 1989
In general, appropriate use of tube thoracostomy results in complete drainage of the collected air and fluid in the pleural space and allows full expansion and occupation of the entire pleural space by the lung, thus protecting the lung and pleural space from subsequent complications.
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In general, appropriate use of tube thoracostomy results in complete drainage of the collected air and fluid in the pleural space and allows full expansion and occupation of the entire pleural space by the lung, thus protecting the lung and pleural space from subsequent complications.
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Thoracic surgery clinics, 2016
Insertion, management, and withdrawal of chest tubes is part of the routine activity of thoracic surgeons. The selection of the chest tube and the strategy for each of these steps is usually built on knowledge, practice, experience, and judgment. The indication to insert a chest tube into the pleural cavity is the presence of air or fluid within it ...
Venuta, Federico +4 more
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Insertion, management, and withdrawal of chest tubes is part of the routine activity of thoracic surgeons. The selection of the chest tube and the strategy for each of these steps is usually built on knowledge, practice, experience, and judgment. The indication to insert a chest tube into the pleural cavity is the presence of air or fluid within it ...
Venuta, Federico +4 more
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Tube Thoracostomy (Chest Tube)
2016The placement of a chest tube is frequently a life-saving intervention. This chapter will describe the indications and procedure for placing a chest tube in the adult patient. We will also discuss the potential complications of this invasive procedure.
Scott Suttles +2 more
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Outpatient Chest Tube Management
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 1997Patients with indwelling chest tubes inserted for the purpose of evacuating pleural air traditionally are treated in the hospital. The current emphasis on cost-effective medical care and a recent report describing the early discharge of patients who had undergone lung volume reduction operations and had a persistent air leak prompted us to review our ...
R B, Ponn, H J, Silverman, J A, Federico
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