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Does Size Matter: Comparing the Utilization of Small-bore Chest Tubes to Large-bore Chest Tubes in the Management of Traumatic Hemothorax

, 2023
Traumatic hemothorax (HTX) is a collection of blood within the thoracic pleural space following blunt or penetrating chest trauma. Providers should recognize the presentation and understand the management of a traumatic HTX to prevent significant ...
Lewia, MHS, PA-C, Hillary Ann
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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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Early Clinical, Imaging, and Pathological Characteristics of SRPK3/TTN‐Digenic Myopathy

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective SRPK3/TTN‐digenic myopathy was recently established as a skeletal muscle myopathy caused by digenic inheritance. This study characterizes the early clinical presentation of SRPK3/TTN‐digenic myopathy in one previously reported and seven newly identified pediatric patients.
Rotem Orbach, Sandra Donkervoort, Carola Hedberg‐Oldfors, Giovanni Baranello, Dimah Saade, Precilla D'Souza, Ruchee Patel, Eva Michael, A. Reghan Foley, Diana Bharucha‐Goebel, S. Jin Haugland, Meghan McAnally, Omer Abdul Hamid, Katherine Chao, Ellen F. Macnamara, Alan H. Beggs, Anna Sarkozy, Juliane Mueller, Steven A. Moore, Richard S. Finkel, Cynthia J. Tifft, Francesco Muntoni, Anders Oldfors, Carsten G. Bönnemann   +23 more
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Tube thoracostomy training with a medical simulator is associated with faster, more successful performance of the procedure [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2016
Objective Tube thoracostomy (TT) is a commonly performed intensive care procedure. Simulator training may be a good alternative method for TT training, compared with conventional methods such as apprenticeship and animal skills laboratory. However, there
Tae Nyoung Chung, Sun Wook Kim, Je Sung You, Hyun Soo Chung   +3 more
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Transection of lung as rare complication of pigtail catheter placement

Radiology Case Reports, 2021
Pigtail catheters and chest tubes are commonly used for effective resolution of pneumothoraces and drainage of simple pleural effusions. Given their small calibers, better flexibility and more ease at the time of insertion, pigtail catheters are ...
Dianelys Mendez, MD, Anish Samuel, MD, Sherif Roman, MD, Konstantinos Leou, MD, Rajapriya Manickam, MD   +4 more
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Effectiveness of using an electromagnetic tube placement device for placement of bedside small bowel feeding tubes in a regional burn center [PDF]

, 2009
Plan BEarly and adequate nutritional support is crucial in the care of burn patients. There have been described in literature many different methods for and technology to aid in the placement of small bowel feeding tubes that are used to provide the ...
Nelson, Stacey
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Place Atrium to Water Seal (PAWS): Assessing Wall Suction Versus No Suction for Chest Tubes After Open Heart Surgery

, 2017
BACKGROUND Traditionally chest tubes are set to −20 cm H2O wall suctioning until removal to facilitate drainage of blood, fluid, and air from the pleural or mediastinal space in patients after open heart surgery ...
Sue Sendelbach, Patricia Finch Guthrie, Tamara Kruse, Sharon Wahl   +3 more
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Recurrent Hypothermia and Autonomic Dysfunction Secondary to Shapiro Syndrome

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A 44‐year‐old man presented with recurrent hypothermia, diaphoresis and hypertension. Extensive investigation for infectious, inflammatory, metabolic and endocrine aetiologies was negative. MR scan of the brain demonstrated no lesions but revealed callosal dysgenesis, consistent with Shapiro syndrome.
Naveen Kumar, Jeremy Johnson, Susanne Watkins, Eoin Mulroy   +3 more
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Marked Long‐Term Improvement in Lung Function in Melanoma Differentiation–Associated Protein 5 Antibody–Positive Dermatomyositis Patients: Experience of a Single‐Center Longitudinal Cohort in North America

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The objective of this study was to describe the longitudinal disease course and pulmonary outcomes of North American patients with melanoma differentiation–associated protein 5 (MDA5) antibody–associated dermatomyositis (DM). Methods Thirty patients with MDA5 antibody–associated DM were identified in a single‐center longitudinal cohort of 352
Jenice X. Cheah, Sangmee S. Bae, Tiffany De Leon, Yuna Lee, Rong Guo, David Elashoff, Jennifer Wang, Ani Shahbazian, Christina Charles‐Schoeman   +8 more
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Cold therapy and respiratory relaxation exercise on pain and anxiety related to chest tube removal: A clinical trial

Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research, 2021
Background: Current strategies to control pain and anxiety of chest tube removal are not efficacious. The aim of this study is to determine the effects of cold therapy and respiratory relaxation exercise on pain and anxiety of chest tube removal ...
Zahra Sajedi-Monfared, Zahra Rooddehghan, Hamid Haghani, Ali Reza Bakhshandeh, Laya Sajedi Monfared   +4 more
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