ThoracostomyChest tubePneumothoraxHemothoraxThe placement of a chest tube is frequently a life-saving intervention. This chapter will describe the indications and procedure for placing a chest tube in the adult patient. We will also discuss the potential complications of this invasive procedure....
© 2012 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg About this entry Cite this entry (2012). Chest Tube: Chest Drain or Thoracostomy Tube. In: Vincent, JL., Hall, J.B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Intensive Care Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00418-6_1339 D...
While the emergence of bedside ultrasound (BUS) provides an opportunity for earlier detection, the need for tube thoracostomy (TT) based on bedside imaging, including BUS and supine AP chest X-ray (CXR) is less established in the medical literature. Methods: Retrospective data from 2017 to ...
The article provides information about chest drain insertion procedure used in dealing tube thoracostomy in Great Britain. It states that chest drain insertion is considered as the simple and safest procedure of draining pleural space of air or fluid. The British Thoracic Society (BTS) has created...
Chest Tube: Chest Drain or Thoracostomy TubeThoracocentesis and Chest TubesJeanLouis VincentJesse B. Hall
(IHCA).Methods:\nUsing the American Heart Association sponsored Get With The Guidelines-Resuscitation registry, we examined adult patients who received an invasive procedure (chest tube insertion (CTI), needle thoracostomy (NT), and/or pericardiocentesis (PC)) during IHCA between 2001 and 2020....
doi:10.1016/j.injury.2008.05.011V. CovelliP. CavalloInjury ExtraCovelli V, Cavallo P. Unusual late complication of chest tube thoracostomy. Injury Extra 2008;39(10):335-6.
InjuryCivil ID. Tube thoracostomy in trauma: is it time for a checklist for chest tubes? Injury 2013; 44: 1,143-1,144.Civil ID. Tube thoracostomy in trauma: is it time for a checklist for chest tubes? Injury 2013;44(September (9)):1143-4....
(2013) Tube thoracostomy in trauma: Is it time for a checklist for chest tubes?. Injury 44 , 1143-1144 /Civil ID. Tube thoracostomy in trauma: is it time for a checklist for chest tubes? Injury 2013; 44: 1,143-1,144.Civil ID. Tube thoracostomy in trauma: is it time for a ...
This document provides systems and methods that can improve the efficacy of tube and needle thoracostomy. For example, this document provides devices and methods for confirming the proper placement of a chest tube or needle within the pleural space to relieve a pneumothorax or tension pneumothoax....