Tube Thoracostomy
First Things First (assess & treat for the following)
- Indications:
- Pneumothorax: >3 cm from apex of lung on CXR, more than halfway down the chest wall, or >25% of the volume of the pleural space
- Can be indicated for a smaller pneumothorax if patient is in respiratory distress or on a mechanical ventilator
- Large pleural effusions in the setting of respiratory distress or mechanical ventilation
- Hemothorax
- Chest trauma, tympani and decreased breath sounds
- Empyema
- Pneumothorax: >3 cm from apex of lung on CXR, more than halfway down the chest wall, or >25% of the volume of the pleural space
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Last updated: May 13, 2010
Citation
"Tube Thoracostomy." Pocket ICU Management, PocketMedicine.com, Inc, 2010. Anesthesia Central, anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Pocket-ICU-Management/534111/all/Tube_Thoracostomy.
Tube Thoracostomy. Pocket ICU Management. PocketMedicine.com, Inc; 2010. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Pocket-ICU-Management/534111/all/Tube_Thoracostomy. Accessed October 7, 2024.
Tube Thoracostomy. (2010). In Pocket ICU Management. PocketMedicine.com, Inc. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Pocket-ICU-Management/534111/all/Tube_Thoracostomy
Tube Thoracostomy [Internet]. In: Pocket ICU Management. PocketMedicine.com, Inc; 2010. [cited 2024 October 07]. Available from: https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Pocket-ICU-Management/534111/all/Tube_Thoracostomy.
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