 Thoracostomy
"Thoracostomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Thoracostomy" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Thoracostomy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 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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DeLoach JP, Reif RJ, Smedley WA, Klutts GN, Bhavaraju A, Collins TH, Kalkwarf KJ. Are Chest Radiographs or Ultrasound More Accurate in Predicting a Pneumothorax or Need for a Thoracostomy Tube in Trauma Patients? Am Surg. 2023 Sep; 89(9):3751-3756.
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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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