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Safe Insertion, Maintenance and Removal of Chest Tube

Indian Journal of Continuing Nursing Education, 2022
Chest tube insertion is a vital, often life-saving procedure which may be required for any patient. A comprehensive knowledge about safe insertion, maintenance and removal of the chest tube is vital for every health-care professional.
Neha Tiwari, Mohan Venkatesh Pulle, Arvind Kumar   +2 more
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IS CHEST TUBE CLAMPING NECESSARY BEFORE REMOVAL?? AN EXPERIENCE WITH 2661 CASES OF TUBE THORACOSTOMIES

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2016
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate outcome of chest tube removal without clamping and relying only on clinical or radiological status for removal. Study Design: Retrospective descriptive study.
Tashfeen Imtiaz, Farhan Ahmed Majeed, Ahmed Raza, Kamran Rahim, Yasir Saeed, Muhammad Imran   +5 more
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Is chest tube drainage necessary after subxiphoid thoracoscopic thymectomy?

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2020
Background Subxiphoid thoracoscopic thymectomy has been increasingly performed in recent years. This study aimed to assess the differences in outcomes between subxiphoid thoracoscopic thymectomy with and without chest tube drainage.
Jiaduo Li, Guoyan Qi, Xiaohe Zhang, Xuguang Zheng   +3 more
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Effect of Cold in Combination with Indomethacin Suppository Administration on Analgesic Need after Chest Tube Removal

Preventive Care in Nursing and Midwifery Journal, 2012
Background and Objectives: Chest tube removal is a prompt painful procedure. The pain is gradually relieved after removal of the tube. Cold application in combination with the Indomethacin suppository administration may increase the duration for ...
nahid Daryaei, mitra Payami Bousari, noraldin Moosavi Nasab, eskandar Nourizadeh   +3 more
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A New Traceless Technique for Cosmetic Closure of Minimally Invasive Incision and Chest Tube Fixation After Uniportal Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

Frontiers in Surgery, 2022
BackgroundWith uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) becoming mainstream, how to make the incision cosmetic has attracted much attention.
Zihao Chen, Ning Xin, Kenan Huang, Rongqiang Wei, Chengdong Liu, Shiwen Niu, Zhifei Xu, Xinyu Ding, Hua Tang   +8 more
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Initial experience with a synthetic sealant PleuraSeal™ after pulmonary resections: a prospective study with retrospective case matched controls

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2010
The objective of this study was to evaluate postoperative outcome and efficacy of a hydrogel tissue sealant for prevention of alveolar leakage after open lung resections.
Hennings Ellen, Lin Rong, Dango Sebastian, Passlick Bernward   +3 more
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Diagnostic value of routine chest tube tip culture in surgery for noninfectious lung disease

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2021
Background Evaluation of the diagnostic value of routine chest tube tip culture for detection of postoperative infection after surgery for noninfectious lung disease.
Martijn van Schelt, Kevin Jenniskens, Rob J. Rentenaar, Inez Bronsveld   +3 more
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Safety and efficacy of chest tube clamping versus non-clamping prior to removal: a systematic review and meta-analysis

International Journal of Emergency Medicine
Background Managing chest tubes before removal remains a controversial clinical issue. Clamping a chest tube before removal is a common practice and is often used to assess latent air leaks.
Mehdi Kazemloo, Fatemeh Naseri Rad, Leila Goudarzimehr, Mohammadsadra Shamohammadi, Omid Bahrami, Ali Heidari, Matin Emami, Mohammad Baadkoube Hazaveh, Danyal Yarahmadi   +8 more
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Outcome Following Chest Tube Removal with Respect to Phase of Respiration in Chest Trauma Patients: A Randomised Controlled Trial

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Introduction: Chest tube placement remains amongst the most performed emergency procedure in trauma patients to drain blood or air from the pleural space. After evacuation of pleural contents, removal of chest tube is equally important since its careless
Ritesh Kumar, Sandeep Chauhan, Mahavir Singh, Mohammed Faiz, Deepak, Gaurav Sharma, Manish Kumar Yadav, Sanjay Marwah   +7 more
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Optimal technique for the removal of chest tubes after pulmonary resection [PDF]

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2013
The objective is to determine the optimal manner to remove a chest tube after pulmonary resection.This was a prospective, randomized single-institution study. Patients who underwent elective thoracotomy for pulmonary resection by 1 or 2 general thoracic surgeons were randomized to have their chest tube removed on either full inspiration or full ...
Cerfolio, Robert James, Bryant, Ayesha S., Skylizard, Loki, Minnich, Douglas J.   +3 more
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