OBJECTIVE--To examine the management of traumatic pneumothorax in a department where some of these injuries do not receive chest drains. METHODS--A retrospective study of the management of traumatic ...

A tension pneumothorax is an immediately life threatening ... Today it is better known as the Cook Chest Drain Valve. This one-way air and fluid valve can be used with either a chest tube or ...

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Seven of the nine patients required a chest drain. Two (22%) died 7 and 10 days after pneumothorax, one not requiring a chest drain and one having had the drain removed after the pneumothorax healed.

A diagnosis of tension pneumothorax is usually only considered within the context of trauma, incorrect chest drain insertion or positive pressure ventilation. Four patients are presented who developed ...

Chest X-ray confirmed left tension pneumothorax (figure 1 ... These findings usually arise between 2 and 4 hours after the thoracic cavity drainage, which can worsen in the first 48 hours and persist ...

Participants: Children with complicated pneumonia requiring pleural drainage. Main Exposures: Initial drainage procedures were categorized as chest tube without fibrinolysis, chest tube with ...

A repeat chest X-ray (figure 2) showed good lung re-expansion but ... 4 Radiographical changes such as ipsilateral infiltrates after drainage of pleural fluid or air should aid diagnosis. Management ...

Chest Drainage System Market. The global chest drainage system market is poised for continued growth, with sales projected to ...

Pleural effusion. Treatment of tension hydrothorax Pleural effusion. Diagram showing human silhouette with highlighted lungs, fluid buildup in the pleura, Chest Tube, and Drainage container. Treatment ...

Pleural effusion. Treatment of tension hydrothorax Pleural effusion. Diagram showing human silhouette with highlighted lungs, fluid buildup in the pleura, Chest Tube, and Drainage container. Treatment ...