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How emergency physicians choose chest tube size for traumatic pneumothorax or hemothorax: a comparison between 28Fr and smaller tube [PDF]

, 2020
2020-02Most traumatic pneumothoraxes and hemothoraxes can be managed non-operatively by means of chest tube thoracostomy. This study aimed to investigate how emergency physicians choose chest tube size and whether chest tube size affects patient outcome.
Terada, Takafumi, Nishimura, Tetsuro, Hagawa, Naohiro, Mizobata, Yasumitsu, Uchida, Kenichiro, Esaki, Maiko   +5 more
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Association Between Chest Tube Removal, Risk of Pleural Effusion, and Opioid Usage [PDF]

, 2023
Purpose – There are no established guidelines regarding optimal timing of chest tube removal after cardiac surgery. This decision is often surgeon-specific, with commonly utilized criteria including drainage volume or time after surgery.
Fox, Andrew G., Lee, Lawrence S., Allison, Hannah R., Namburi, Niharika   +3 more
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Implementing a chest tube removal protocol in patients with thoracic trauma: a prospective clinical study. [PDF]

J Thorac Dis
BACKGROUND: Timing of chest tube removal in trauma patients is debatable. This study aimed to assess whether protocolized early thoracostomy tube (TT) removal is associated with better outcomes.
Abdulrahman Y, Al-Ani M, Farhat M, Khallafalla H, Abu Amr A, Ajaj A, Al-Zubaidi A, Chughtai T, El-Menyar A, Asim M, Rizoli S, Al-Thani H.   +11 more
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Comparison of Chest X-ray and Clinical Findings in Trauma Patients after Chest Tube Removal [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2018
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, Reza Shojaee, Afrooz Haghdoost, Mohammadreza Mobayen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Complications after Chest Tube Removal and Reinterventions in Patients with Digital Drainage Systems. [PDF]

J Clin Med, 2019
Introduction: Digital thoracic drainage systems are a new technology in minimally invasive thoracic surgery. However, the criteria for chest tube removal in digital thoracic drainage systems have never been evaluated.
Lee YY, Hsu PK, Huang CS, Wu YC, Hsu HS.
europepmc   +2 more sources

REMOVAL OF CHEST DRAINS IN POST CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT PATIENTS: DO VARIOUS PHASES OF RESPIRATION MAKE A DIFFERENCE? [PDF]

Ain Shams Medical Journal, 2021
Background: Pleural drainage via intercostal tube is widely used in every trauma center, oncology center and tertiary health care providing centers all over the world, hence there are great efforts directed to find out the best way to manage the ...
Ahmed Abdelall, Shaymaa Salah, Moustafa ElBarbary, Hany Elsayed, Ahmed Elnory   +4 more
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Experience of a modified chest tube suture-fixation technique in uniportal thoracoscopic pulmonary resection

BMC Surgery, 2023
Objective This study aimed to explore the feasibility and advantages of a modified chest tube suture-fixation technique in uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery for pulmonary resection.
Wensong Shi, Yuzhui Hu, Cuimei Wang, Guotao Chang, Huiyu Zheng, Zhiqiang Yang, Yulun Yang, Xiaogang Zhao, Xiangnan Li   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The value of chest radiography after chest tube removal in nonventilated trauma patients: a post-hoc analysis of a multicenter prospective cohort study [PDF]

, 2023
BACKGROUND: Chest tubes are commonly placed in trauma care to treat life-threatening intrathoracic injuries by evacuating blood or air from the pleural cavity.
van Baal, Mark C.P.M., Tim Kobes, de Jong, Pim A., Roderick M. Houwert, IJpma, Frank F.A., Kobes, Tim, Luke P.H. Leenen, Leenen, Luke P.H., Arthur A.R. Sweet, Frank F.A. IJpma, Mark C.P.M. van Baal, Houwert, Roderick M., Wouter B. Veldhuis, Pim A. de Jong, Veldhuis, Wouter B., Sweet, Arthur A.R.   +15 more
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Pain Management During Chest Tube Removal in Cardiac Post-op Patients

, 2021
Background: Chest tube insertion, or chest tube thoracostomy, is a medical procedure performed to remove air, blood, or fluid from the pleural cavity to restore lung function. Chest tube removal generally takes place within 24 to 48 hours postoperatively
Mezosi, Kayla, Koblitz, Megan Kersh, Keller, Isa, Cooney, Caitlin   +3 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
doaj   +1 more source