Does needle thoracostomy provide adequate and effective decompression of tension pneumothorax?

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1412-1417

  Martin, Matthew ^a   Satterly, Steven ^a   Inaba, Kenji ^b   Blair, Kelly ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

needle thoracostomy; pneumothorax; tension pneumothorax; Trauma; tube thoracostomy

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AERATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; DECOMPRESSION; DRAINAGE TUBE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; HEART OUTPUT; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TROCAR;

ANIMALS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; NEEDLES; PNEUMOTHORAX; SWINE; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871221408     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31825ac511     Document Type: Article

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