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5.1.6 - Chest Drain Insertion

from Section 5.1 - Practical Respiratory System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2023

Ned Gilbert-Kawai
Affiliation:
The Royal Liverpool Hospital
Debashish Dutta
Affiliation:
Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, Harlow
Carl Waldmann
Affiliation:
Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading
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Summary

Key Learning Points

  1. 1. Clear British Thoracic Society guidelines exist for optimal management of a pneumothorax.

  2. 2. Different techniques exist for chest drain insertion, each with its own advantages and disadvantages.

  3. 3. Chest drains must be secured adequately, otherwise they will fall out.

  4. 4. Be careful to avoid re-expansion pulmonary oedema.

  5. 5. Always send samples if a fluid is drained.

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Intensive Care Medicine
The Essential Guide
, pp. 544 - 548
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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Aston, D, Rivers, A, Dharmadasa, A. Equipment in Anaesthesia and Critical Care. Banbury: Scion; 2014.Google Scholar
Havelock, T, Teoh, R, Laws, D, Gleeson, F. Pleural procedures and thoracic ultrasound: British Thoracic Society pleural disease guideline 2010. Thorax 2010;65:6176.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
MacDuff, A, Arnold, A, Harvey, J. Management of spontaneous pneumothorax: British Thoracic Society pleural disease guideline 2010. Thorax 2010;65:1831.Google Scholar

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