Chest tube is a flexible plastic tube used to discharge secretion in the cavity between the lungs and chest named pleural cavity. Normally, there is a small amount of fluid in the cavity between the lungs and chest; This fluid helps the movement of lungs during breathing without abrasion. Entrance of bit of air, blood or pus because injury in the pleural cavity can prevent the lungs from fully ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence, reasons and prognosis about Horner's syndrome in thoracic surgical patients. METHODS In this prospective clinical study, 933 adult patients were assessed between the years of 1998 and 2002. All patients who underwent chest tube insertion (n: 662 patients) or thoracotomy (n: 342 patients), or who had thoracic trauma (n: 268 patients) were routinely examine...

The incidence of recurrent pneumothoraces was analyzed in mechanically ventilated patients with the adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) or non-ARDS causes of respiratory failure who had ipsilateral chest tubes in place. The radiographs of 39 consecutive patients with 47 initial pneumothoraces were evaluated for pneumothorax recurrence and chest tube positioning, which was prospectively d...

Background Chest tubes are used in every case of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) to evacuate shed blood from around the heart and lungs. This study was designed to assess the effective of Jackson-Pratt drain in compare with conventional chest drains after CABG. Materials and Methods This was a randomized controlled trial that conducted on 218 patients in Chamran hospital from February ...

BACKGROUND Thoracostomy tube (TT) placement constitutes primary treatment for traumatic hemopneumothorax. Practice patterns vary widely, and criteria for management and removal remain poorly defined. In this cohort study, we examined the impact of implementation of a practice guideline (PG) on improving management efficiency of thoracostomy tube. METHODS We developed a PG aimed at standardizi...

Suction drains are commonly used in orthopedic elective and trauma surgery; however, drain tube removal causes pain, discomfort, and anxiety. A method of drain tube removal is described in patients who underwent total hip replacement and in adolescents who underwent lower extremity surgery. Ten milliliters of lidocaine was injected through the skin wound around the drain tube. The efficiency of...

OBJECTIVE To investigate predictive factors for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) removal, thereby minimizing unnecessary PEG insertion in post-stroke dysphagia. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. PATIENTS A total of 49 patients who undertook PEG tube insertion for post-stroke dysphagia. METHODS Patients were divided into a removal group (n = 8) and a sustaining group (n = 41) dep...

INTRODUCTION The management of pediatric empyema remains controversial. We contend that early thoracoscopic intervention results in shorter hospital stays, decreased morbidity, and superior outcomes. We propose an algorithm using early image-guided thoracoscopy as an effective treatment for pediatric empyema. METHODS Consecutive pediatric empyemas treated from November 1997 to April 2001 usin...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Competence in the chest tube insertion procedure is vital for practitioners who take care of critically ill infants. The use of animals for training is discouraged, and there are no realistic simulation models available for the neonatal chest tube insertion procedure. The objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of teaching the chest tube insertion proced...

This study was designed to determine the optimum conditions of three different factors (mixing time, mixing temperature, and tube size) in reduction of cholesterol in milk using immobilized beta-CD beads. Immobilized beta-CD glass beads were prepared at different conditions of silanization and beta-CD immobilization reactions. In result, the glass beads (diameter 1 mm) at 20 mM 3-isocyanatoprop...