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Where is the chest tube? Ectopic chest tube [PDF]

open access: yesHong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2023
Tension pneumothorax is one of the commonest life‐threatening condition seen in multiple injury or polytrauma trauma victims. Chest tube insertion has been the mainstay treatment for tension pneumothorax since early 1970s until today. Despite being a common procedure performed by an emergency resident, the incidence of complications related to the ...
Syed Abdul Kader Mohamed Saleem   +2 more
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Chest tube displacement [PDF]

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Roentgenology, 1980
The direct and indirect radiographic signs of lobar collapse or atelectasis are well described [1 , 2]. Aside from a local increase in lung opacity, the diagnosis of lobar collapse is often suggested by movement or displacement of normal intrathoracic structures such as the fissures, hila, hemidiaphragms, and the mediastinum or trachea.
A F, Petras, D L, Klein
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Tunnel Vision: A Novel Approach for Blood Clot Retrieval Using Cryotherapy through a Flexible Bronchoscope

open access: yesCase Reports in Pulmonology, 2023
Cryoprobes inserted through a bronchoscope in the airways have frequently been used for the removal of foreign bodies and clots. We present a case of a 72-year-old man who presented with COVID-19 pneumonia and respiratory failure, requiring intubation ...
Fernando Figueroa Rodriguez   +2 more
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Pneumothorax after percutaneous transthoracic lung biopsy. Non-invasive management in order to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations.

open access: yesRevista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Córdoba, 2021
BACKGROUND: Image-guided percutaneous transthoracic lung biopsy has become a widely used and less invasive diagnostic method. Pneumothorax is the most frequent complication after lung biopsy.
Francisco Calderon Novoa   +5 more
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Chest Tube Placement in Gross Anatomy Lab

open access: yesMedEdPORTAL, 2009
Introduction In the first of a series of teaching modules incorporating the knowledge of gross anatomy into various clinical procedures, first-year medical students were taught how to place a chest tube in their cadavers while learning about and ...
Katrina Wade   +2 more
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Tuberculosis pulmonar presentada como neumotórax masivo

open access: yesGalicia Clínica, 2021
Pulmonary tuberculosis is an indolent disease that may rarely be fatal. Extensive destruction of pulmonary parenchyma is rarely seen nowadays. This image shows a large tuberculosis cavitation that mimics massive a pneumothorax.
Marta Rebocho Alves   +1 more
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Effect of Relaxation Technique on Pain Intensity during Chest Tube Removal following Cardiac Surgery [PDF]

open access: yesEgyptian Journal of Health Care, 2022
Background: patients who have chest tubes removal (CTR) following cardiac surgery are often experience a variety of discomfort, so that relaxation technique using slow deep breathing (SDB) exercise may be effective to minimize and alleviate their pain ...
Sarah Fathy Mahmoud   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Specimen collection from chest tubes: A novel method

open access: yesLung India, 2013
Milind Baldi   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Effect of educational Guidelines Application on Nurses' Performance caring for patients undergoing Chest Tube [PDF]

open access: yesEgyptian Journal of Health Care
Background: The chest tube is a common therapeutic postoperative procedure used in cardiothoracic and respiratory care. Patients with hemothoraces, effusions, or pneumothoraces may benefit from a chest tube as a life-saving procedure.
Asmaa Mohamed Elsayed Elsayed   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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