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‘Pseudopneumothorax’—Hold that chest tube!
We report a case of herniation of abdominal contents into the left hemithorax in a patient with a history of vague left-sided thoracoabdominal trauma 18 days previous to admission and who also had a recent 1-week history of upper respiratory symptoms, including cough, and then presented with dyspnoea and fever for 3 days. There was no preceding cardiorespiratory pathology of note. We also discu...
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Chest tubes and their accompanying pleural drainage units continue to present challenging questions regarding their optimal use. Appropriate chest tube size selection to accommodate the clinical situation is key, especially in the setting of large pleural air leaks lest a tension pneumothorax ensue. Connection of an appropriate pleural drainage unit to the chest tube is equally important to obv...
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Controlling a massively leaking bronchopleural fistula (BPF) can prove difficult. In combination with acute respiratory failure (ARF), BPF results in a mortality of 81 percent. Intermittent inspiratory chest tube occlusion (IICTO) is recognized as effective in controlling even the largest BPF; however, IICTO, as previously described, is difficult to use for a variety of reasons. We report two c...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1865-1372,1865-1380
DOI: 10.1007/s12245-008-0007-5