chest tube
Sign in to saveAlso known as chest drain stitch, chest drain, intercostal drain
type of surgical drain, plastic tubing used for drainage of air or fluid from the pleural space
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, chest tube is referenced by 276 other articles, and connects out to pus, pleural effusion and respiratory tract.
It sits within the topics Emergency medical procedures, Intensive care medicine and Medical drains.
Its subject is documented across 17 Wikipedia language editions.
Research
16,314 papers- Comprehensive Review of Chest Tube Management: A Review.JAMA surgery · 2022
- Chest Tube Drainage Devices.Seminars in respiratory and critical care medicine · 2019
- Outcomes of Pigtail Catheter Placement versus Chest Tube Placement in Adult Thoracic Trauma Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.The American surgeon · 2023
- Chest Tube Management: Past, Present, and Future Directions for Developing Evidence-Based Best Practices.Innovations (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2023
- When to Remove a Chest Tube.Thoracic surgery clinics · 2017
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- drainage
- Image
- Cross-section Blake Drain.jpg
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- Commons category
- Chest tube
- Commons gallery
- Chest drain
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C122599
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pus
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pleural effusion
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respiratory tract
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pleural cavity
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thoracic wall
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World War II
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heart
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blood
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liver
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lung
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Hippocrates
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International Standard Book Number
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liquid
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Korean War
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urine
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atmosphere of Earth
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surgery
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spleen
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respiratory system
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digital object identifier
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