Is routine tube thoracostomy necessary after prehospital needle decompression for tension pneumothorax?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 329-332

  Dominguez, Kathleen M ^a   Ekeh, A Peter ^a   Tchorz, Kathryn M ^a   Woods, Randy J ^a   Walusimbi, Mbaga S ^a   Saxe, Jonathan M ^a   McCarthy, Mary C ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Needle thoracostomy; Prehospital care; Tension pneumothorax; Tube thoracostomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDLE DECOMPRESSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX PENETRATING TRAUMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHEST TUBES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACOSTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874048394     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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