Managing chest drains on medical wards | 合法醫療器材資訊網

由FRMillar著作·2018·被引用4次—Whendrainingapneumothorax,ifthereisnoswingingorbubblinginthechestdraincheckwhetheritisblockedordisplaced;whendraining.

Managing chest drains on medical wards is a common clinical problem. Pleural disease affects up to 3000 people per million of the population annually in the UK,1 with a substantial number requiring acute pleural intervention in an acute hospital. A national audit in 2010 of 58 acute hospitals in the UK revealed an average of just over seven chest drain insertions per hospital per month. In some settings these procedures are increasingly being performed by respiratory specialists and radiologists as recent British Thoracic Society (BTS) guidelines in the UK necessitate the use of real-time thoracic ultrasonography when inserting a chest drain.2 Thus a scenario often arises where the clinician inserting the drain is not subsequently responsible for the day-to-day management of the patient.

This article aims to summarise common indications for chest drains and the current evidence and guidelines surrounding the use of chest ...