COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY OF MALPOSITIONED THORACOSTOMY DRAINS - A PICTORIAL ESSAY

Authors
CAMERON EW MIRVIS SE SHANMUGANATHAN K WHITE CS MILLER BH
Citation
Ew. Cameron et al., COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY OF MALPOSITIONED THORACOSTOMY DRAINS - A PICTORIAL ESSAY, Clinical Radiology, 52(3), 1997, pp. 187-193
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Clinical Radiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00099260
Volume
52
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
187 - 193
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-9260(1997)52:3<187:COMTD->2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Chest drain placement is essential to the management of patients with abnormal thoracic collections of air or fluid, Frequently, in these cr itically ill patients, drain position can only be assessed by portable frontal radiographs. However, evaluation by axial chest CT in some ca ses reveals unexpected malplacement that may prompt repositioning to r educe morbidity and improve drain function.