Removal of the Chest Drain: How to Do ItThe practical and technical procedure of removing a chest drain is described as well as the criteria for removal. Discussion is had with regard to the underlying diseases.doi:10.1007/978-3-319-32339-8_12Thomas Kiefer...
drain·age (drā′nĭj) n. 1. The action or a method of draining. 2. A system of drains. 3. Something that is drained off. 4. Medicine The removal of fluid or purulent material from a wound or body cavity. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copy...
Outcomes of chest drain management using only air leak (without fluid) criteria for removal after general thoracic surgery—a drainology study J Thorac Dis, 15 (7) (2023), pp. 3776-3782 CrossrefGoogle Scholar E34 F.C. Abrão, S. Araujo de França, I. de Abreu, et al. Enhanced rec...
Because of this, it was the discretion of the treating physician to enroll and place the drainage catheter prior to computed tomography using clinical judgment to assess whether there was significant blood in the chest to drain. Exclusion criteria included emergency placement of the catheter due to...
ultrasound of the thorax in case of pleural effusion on the CXR, start or change in medication (diuretics); insertion of a pleural drain; and repositioning of devices in the case of mal- position of medical devices other than orotracheal tubes (ignoring planned changes such as removal of intr...
Drain removal criteria by daily drainage volumes of up to 300ml did not impact subsequent effusion rates (2 studies, n = 130). Complications related directly to drains were reported by 3 studies (n = 59). CONCLUSIONS. Available evidence on the impact of thoracic drainage after oesophagectomy ...
Device RemovalPericardial Effusion胸管心包积液Background: There are no standard criteria for the timing of drain removal. The objective of this study was to determine whether the macroscopic appearance of chest tube drainage fluid to serosanguineous may be used as a criteria for drain removal. ...
(chest tube) into the pleural cavity to drain air, blood, bile, pus, chyle or other fluids.comparison of single and double chest tube drainage management in patients undergoing thoracotomy in the form of pain score, hospital stay, total drainage, residual collection after remo...
ultrasound of the thorax in case of pleural effusion on the CXR, start or change in medication (diuretics); insertion of a pleural drain; and repositioning of devices in the case of malposition of medical devices other than orotracheal tubes (ignoring planned changes such as removal of intraveno...