A chest tube (also chest drain, thoracic catheter, tube thoracostomy or intercostal drain) is a surgical drain that is inserted through the chest wall...

pneumothorax is small, it may go away on its own. If large, a chest tube is placed through the skin and chest wall into the pleural space to remove the air. Blood...

removed with a syringe or a chest tube connected to a one-way valve system. Occasionally, surgery may be required if tube drainage is unsuccessful, or...

needle thoracostomy or an incision into the chest wall with the insertion of a thoracostomy tube (chest tube) or with a hemostat and the provider's finger...

procedure, most commonly the insertion of an intercostal drain, or chest tube. This tube is typically installed because it helps restore a certain balance...

receive a chest tube (> French 36) or needle decompression if chest tube placement is delayed. FAST exam should include extended views into the chest to evaluate...

inserting a chest tube, then either mechanically abrading the pleura or inserting the chemicals to induce a scar. This requires the chest tube to stay in...

is a medical process involving the insertion of a plastic tube (nasogastric tube or NG tube) through the nose, down the esophagus, and down into the stomach...

Heimlich valve) is a one-way check valve used to prevent airflow back into a chest tube, and usually is applied to drain air from a pneumothorax. The design of...

pneumothorax is commonly treated with needle aspiration of air followed by chest tube drainage. In the case of a recurrent pneumothorax, pleurodesis may be...

lumen tracheal tube. In a double lumen endotracheal tube, each lumen may be connected to a different ventilator. Usually one side of the chest is affected...

pediatric population is almost always parapneumonic and the need for chest tube drainage can be made on clinical grounds, British guidelines for the management...

interventions like tracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation and chest tube insertion. Diagnosis of blunt injuries may be more difficult and require...

needle decompression before a chest tube is placed. This procedure is indicated when unexplained fluid accumulates in the chest cavity outside the lung. In...

person's blood. Hemothoraces may be treated by draining the blood using a chest tube. Surgery may be required if the bleeding continues. If treated, the prognosis...

after a thoracotomy. Clinicians should be on the look out for chest tube clogging as these tubes have a tendency to become occluded with fibrinous material...

tissues outside of them. Its most common causes are pneumothorax or a chest tube that has become occluded by a blood clot or fibrinous material. It can...

wished to maintain drainage as with a chest tube to allow the lung to re-expand but without the presence of the chest tube that he felt "tends to keep up fever...

After heart surgery, chest tubes are placed to drain blood. These chest tubes, however, are prone to clot formation. When a chest tube becomes occluded or...

Chest drains are surgical drains placed within the pleural space to facilitate removal of unwanted substances (air, blood, fluid, etc.) in order to preserve...

"pigtail" before it can be removed Davol Chest tube - is a flexible plastic tube that is inserted through the chest wall and into the pleural space or mediastinum...

technician Paramedic Emergency medical equipment Bag valve mask (BVM) Chest tube Defibrillation (AED, ICD) Electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG) Intraosseous infusion...

medication errors. Sterile talc powder, administered intrapleurally via a chest tube, is indicated as a sclerosing agent to decrease the recurrence of malignant...

(often isoechogenic with empyema). Appropriate management includes chest tube drainage (tube thoracostomy). Treatment of empyemas includes antibiotics, complete...

8–25% of people following lung cancer surgery. This complication delays chest tube removal and is associated with an increased length of hospital stay following...

resolve even when a chest tube is placed to rid the chest cavity of the air; it shows that air is continually leaking into the chest cavity from the site...

the cause of the finding. In the case of pneumothorax, thoracentesis or chest tube insertion is performed to relieve the pressure within the affected pleural...

used in respiratory medicine to prevent air from travelling back along a chest tube Flutter (comics), a comic series Flutter-tonguing, a technique for playing...

symptoms are minimal or nonexistent. Pleurodesis is also ineffective. A chest tube can be used to drain urine from the pleural cavity. Urinothoraces typically...

hydrothorax is end stage liver disease and correctable only by transplant. Chest tube placement should not occur. Other measures such as a TIPS procedure are...