RT Book, Section
A1 Gomella, Tricia Lacy
A1 Cunningham, M. Douglas
A1 Eyal, Fabien G.
A1 Tuttle, Deborah J.
SR Print(0)
ID 1107527358
T1 Chest Tube Placement
T2 Neonatology: Management, Procedures, On-Call Problems, Diseases, and Drugs, 7e
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071768016
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1107527358
RD 2024/04/19
AB Evacuation  of  pneumothorax  compromising  ventilation  and  causing  increased  work  of  breathing,  hypoxia,  and  increased  Paco2.Relieve  tension  pneumothorax  causing  respiratory  compromise  and  decreased  venous  return  to  the  heart,  resulting  in  decreased  cardiac  output  and  hypotension.  This  is  an  emergency  that  should  be  handled  by  immediate  needle  aspiration  before  chest  tube  placement.  (See  Chapter  70.)Drainage  of  significant  pleural  fluid  (pleural  effusion,  empyema,  chylothorax,  hemothorax,  extravasation  from  a  central  venous  line).  Studies  have  shown  that  placement  of  a  drainage  catheter  rather  than  aspiration  alone  is  more  effective  and  just  as  safe.Postsurgical  drainage  after  repair  of  a  tracheoesophageal  fistula,  bronchopleural  fistula,  esophageal  atresia,  or  other  thoracic  procedure.