TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chest Tube Placement
A1  - Gomella, Tricia Lacy
A1  - Eyal, Fabien G.
A1  - Bany-Mohammed, Fayez
Y1  - 2020
N1  - 
T2  - Gomella's Neonatology: Management, Procedures, On-Call Problems, Diseases, and Drugs, 8e
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  75.)Drainage  of  significant  pleural  fluid  (pleural  effusion,  empyema,  chylothorax,  hemothorax,  extravasation  from  a  central  venous  line).Postsurgical  drainage  after  repair  of  a  tracheoesophageal  fistula,  bronchopleural  fistula,  esophageal  atresia,  or  other  thoracic  procedure.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/20
UR  - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1168356313
ER  -