A chest tube is a thin, plastic tube that a doctor inserts into the pleural space, which is the area between the chest wall and the lungs. Doctors may need to use a chest tube for many purposes, such ...

International resuscitation guidelines recommend clinical assessment and exhaled CO 2 to confirm tube placement immediately after intubation. However, exhaled CO 2 devices can display false negative ...

Chest tubes are placed in neonates to evacuate either air (pneumothorax) or fluid (effusion, hemothorax, and empyema) from the pleural or mediastinal space, allowing reexpansion of the lung and ...

An initiative at a Texas hospital contributed to reductions in chest tube duration, hospital length of stay and readmissions for patients with lung cancer who had a pulmonary lobectomy, according to ...