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 +2 more
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Indwelling Pleural Catheters in Hepatic Hydrothorax: A Single-Center Series of Outcomes and Complications [PDF]
, 2018 Background Treatment of hepatic hydrothorax (HH) generally involves sodium restriction, diuretics, and serial thoracentesis. In more advanced cases, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt and liver transplantation may be required.
Bosslet, Gabriel +3 more
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Prophylactic tracheostomy in aged and poor risk general surgical patients [PDF]
, 1959 The most common postoperative complications are those involving respiration, and they are especially dangerous to patients classified as poor risks because of age or other handicaps.
Farrell, JJ, Meyer, WH, Starzl, TE
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How to perform open tracheal suction via an endotracheal tube [PDF]
, 2016 Rationale and key points Tracheal suction involves the removal of pulmonary secretions from the respiratory tract using negative pressure under sterile conditions.
Credland, Nicola
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Influencing factors of pneumothorax and parenchymal haemorrhage after CT-guided transthoracic needle biopsy : single-institution experience [PDF]
, 2018 Purpose: To evaluate the incidences and influencing factors of pneumothorax and parenchymal haemorrhage after computed tomography (CT)-guided transthoracic needle biopsy (TTNB). Material and methods: A retrospective analysis of 216 patients who underwent
Puntu, Warunyoo +2 more
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Extrahepatic complications of liver transplantation. [PDF]
, 1985 The massive surgical assault associated with hepatic transplantation makes a high frequency of complications almost inevitable. In this review of 225 patient records, selected at random from cases of liver transplantation in Pittsburgh over a 2 1/2 year ...
Shaw, BW, Starzl, TE, Wood, RP
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Is a chest radiograph indicated after chest tube removal in trauma patients? A systematic review [PDF]
Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 2021 PURPOSE The aim of this systematic review was to assess the necessity of routine chest radiographs after chest tube removal in ventilated and nonventilated trauma patients. METHODS A systematic literature search was conducted in MEDLINE, Embase, CENTRAL, and CINAHL on May 15, 2020 ...
Sweet, A.A.R. +9 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 +3 more
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Risk factors of pneumothorax and chest tube placement after computed tomography-guided core needle biopsy of lung lesions : a single-centre experience with 822 biopsies [PDF]
, 2018 Purpose: To determine the risk factors of pneumothorax and chest tube placement after computed tomography-guided core needle lung biopsy (CT-CNB). Material and methods: Variables that could increase the risk of pneumothorax and chest tube placement were ...
Gokalp, Gokhan +3 more
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Chest tube removal algorithm is associated with decreased chest tube duration in pediatric cardiac surgical patients [PDF]
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2019 Management of chest tubes in adult and pediatric patients is highly variable. There are no published guidelines for pediatric cardiac surgical patients. Our center undertook a quality improvement project aimed at reducing chest tube duration and length of stay in postsurgical pediatric cardiac patients.A work group identified 2 opportunities for ...
Rebecca A, Bertrandt +6 more
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