SGEM#129: That Chest Tube…She’s a Beauty

Ensayos extraídos del pódcast de Dr. Ken Milne

• 2015What is the yield of routine chest radiography following tube thoracostomy for trauma?Imaging & DiagnosticsIn 1004 trauma patients after tube thoracostomy, routine post-insertion chest radiography altered management in 15%, but in only 5% when clinical examination raised no concern.
• 2015Does chest tube location matter?Emergency & ResuscitationIn291 trauma patients with CT-checked chest tubes,high or intrafissural placementdid not increasesecondary interventioncompared withlow pleural placement