Thoracostomy
"Thoracostomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Surgical creation of an opening (stoma) into the chest cavity for drainage; used in the treatment of pleural effusion, pneumothorax, hemothorax and empyema.
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D013907
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MeSH Number(s) |
E04.579.918 E04.928.755
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2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Thoracostomy" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Axtman BC, Stewart KE, Robbins JM, Garwe T, Sarwar Z, Gonzalez RA, Zander TL, Balla FM, Albrecht RM. Prehospital needle thoracostomy: What are the indications and is a post-trauma center arrival chest tube required? Am J Surg. 2019 12; 218(6):1138-1142.
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Chada AN, Pothineni NVKC, Kovelamudi S, Raghavan DS. Tension pneumothorax presenting as ST segment elevation: Look, Listen, Act! Ther Adv Cardiovasc Dis. 2017 Jul; 11(7):195-197.
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Hanson SJ, Havens PL, Simpson PM, Nugent ML, Wells RG. Intrapleural alteplase decreases parapneumonic effusion volume in children more than saline irrigation. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2015 Dec; 50(12):1328-35.
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Jensen HA, Thourani VH. Two surgical techniques for transaortic transcatheter aortic valve replacement: is there a preferred technique? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015 Mar; 149(3):797-8.
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Huggins JT, Karakala N, Campbell R, Kummerfeldt C, Nestor J, Pastis NJ, Doelken P. A 37-year-old woman with diabetes mellitus, systemic hypertension, and chronic kidney disease admitted with multifocal pneumonia and empyema. Chest. 2014 Aug; 146(2):e41-e46.
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Abouzgheib W, Shweihat YR, Meena N, Bartter T. Is chest tube insertion with ultrasound guidance safe in patients using clopidogrel? Respirology. 2012 Nov; 17(8):1222-4.
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