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Archives of Surgery, 1995
To determine the complication rate and risk factors associated with tube thoracostomy (TT) in the trauma patient.Retrospective hospital chart review.Level I trauma center.Four hundred twenty-six consecutive patients who underwent TT were initially reviewed; 47 deaths occurred unrelated to TT placement.
S W, Etoch +3 more
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To determine the complication rate and risk factors associated with tube thoracostomy (TT) in the trauma patient.Retrospective hospital chart review.Level I trauma center.Four hundred twenty-six consecutive patients who underwent TT were initially reviewed; 47 deaths occurred unrelated to TT placement.
S W, Etoch +3 more
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Laparoscopy and thoracostomy in children
The Journal of Pediatrics, 1993The laparoscopic and thoracoscopic revolution is sweeping through pediatric surgery. The current literature has detailed numerous reports of laparoscopic approaches to traditional operations. The most commonly performed and currently most accepted operations are diagnostic laparoscopy, gynecologic laparoscopy, and laparoscopic cholecystectomy and ...
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Needle thoracostomy in the prehospital setting
Prehospital Emergency Care, 1998To determine the effect of needle thoracostomy (NT) in the prehospital setting, its frequency of use, and its complication rate.This was a prospective case series from January 1, 1995, to December 31, 1996. Inclusion criteria were all patients who met trauma center criteria, were transported by paramedics to Los Angeles County/University of Southern ...
Marc Eckstein
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The Journal of family practice, 1978
Every primary care physician should be familiar with three methods of draining fluid or air from the pleural cavity. These methods are: (1) the insertion of a needle or Intracath catheter into the pleural space; (2) a tube thoracostomy using a Trocar catheter; and (3) a tube thoracostomy using a large intercostal tube.
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Every primary care physician should be familiar with three methods of draining fluid or air from the pleural cavity. These methods are: (1) the insertion of a needle or Intracath catheter into the pleural space; (2) a tube thoracostomy using a Trocar catheter; and (3) a tube thoracostomy using a large intercostal tube.
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Tube Thoracostomy and Trauma???Antibiotics or Not?
The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 1986Controversy persists regarding the use of antibiotics in association with t tube thoracostomy for trauma patients. We conducted a prospective randomized study of patients requiring tube thoracostomy for pneumo- and/or hemothorax complicating blunt or penetrating thoracic trauma in an attempt to assess the efficacy of prophylactic antibiotic therapy ...
J J, LoCurto +7 more
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Atlas of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics, 2015
Paul B, McBeth, Stephanie A, Savage
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Paul B, McBeth, Stephanie A, Savage
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Finger Thoracostomy for Tension Pneumothorax
Advanced Emergency Nursing JournalOne of the injuries associated with chest trauma is pneumothorax, a condition where air accumulates between the parietal and visceral pleura in the chest leading to collapse of the lung due to pressure. Left untreated, a tension pneumothorax may develop leading to cardiovascular collapse.
Tony Smith, Jennifer Wilbeck
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Thoracostomy tube placement in the dog
Lab Animal, 2007Placement of a chest tube may be necessary for management of pleural space disease in mammals. This column describes two accepted techniques for thoracostomy tube placement in the dog.
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