Rapid atrial fibrillation following tube thoracostomy insertion.

A Shocking Complication of a Pneumothorax: Chest Tube-Induced Arrhythmias and Review of the Literature

We describe a patient with a recent chest tube insertion leading to atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate that led to multiple inappropriate internal cardiac defibrillator (ICD) shocks. This is the first reported case of this occurring in a patient with an ICD leading to inappropriate shocks. Our elderly patient with emphysema presented with a spontaneous pneumothorax and developed ra...

Refractory atrial fibrillation following tube thoracostomy.

CMAJ © 2010 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors 1 A54-year-old man with a history of cirrhosis following liver transplantation presented with shortness of breath and was found to have a right-sided pleural effusion secondary to pulmonary infection. A pigtail drainage tube was inserted guided by computed tomography. The procedure was complicated by the development of a massive hemopneu...

Necessity of routine thoracostomy tube insertion after transhiatal esophagectomy

Introduction: Transhiatal esophagectomy is a widely accepted approach for palliative resection of subcarinal esophageal cancers. This study was designed to evaluate the necessity of routine thoracostomy tube insertion in this technique.  Methods: This descriptive study was conducted on 123 consecutive patients with esophageal cancers undergoing transhiatal esophagectomy from March 2001 to Fe...

Pre-hospital and in-hospital thoracostomy: indications and complications.

INTRODUCTION Pleural drainage with chest tube insertion for thoracic trauma is a common and often life-saving technique. Although considered a simple procedure, complication rates have been reported to be 2-25%. We conducted a prospective cohort observational study of emergency pleural drainage procedures to validate the indications for pre-hospital thoracostomy and to identify complications fr...

Evulsion biopsy of pleura concomitant with insertion of closed thoracostomy tube.