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Nick Mark’s OnePager guides to critical care topics.
Chest Drains Made Simple
#criticalCare #pulmonary #pneumothorax #shock #ICUEquipment
Chest tubes and drain systems can be confusing. This ICU #OnePager shows you how they work and demonstrates a 5-step tool for assessing positioning, drainage, tidaling, air leak, and suction. Also demonstrates how to build a three bottle drainage system in case you find yourself managing pnuemothoraces on a desert island (or an airplane).
Current version 1.0 (2020-07-04) Also available in 🇪🇸Spanish (PNG, PDF, PPT)
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BTS guidelines for the insertion of a chest drain, Thorax 2003
Reexpansion Pulmonary Edema Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1988
Volume Threshold for Chest Tube Removal: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Journal of Injury & Violence Research 2009
The use of thrombolytics in the management of complex pleural fluid collections, J Thoracic Disease 2017
Fortnightly Review: Managing in flight emergencies, BMJ 1995 (one of my all time favorite papers; an anecdote about an improvised chest tube performed on a transatlantic flight; highly recommended reading)
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Current version 1.0 (2020-07-04)
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