Suction on chest drains following lung resection: Evidence and practice are not aligned

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 611-616

  Lang, Peter ^a   Manickavasagar, Menaka ^a   Burdett, Clare ^b   Treasure, Tom ^c   Fiorentino, Francescao ^d   Barua, Anupama ^e   Batchelor, Tim ^e   Fewtrell, Jo ^e   Fitzmaurice, Gary ^e   Eaton, Donna ^e   Froeschle, Peter ^e   Ghosh Dastidar, Michael ^e   Jenvey, Louise ^e   Khan, Habib ^e   Kirk, Alan ^e   Lim, Eric ^e   Lobo, Terry ^e   McManus, Kieran ^e   Mitchell, Jenny ^e   Mohamed, Tarig ^e   Naidu, Babu ^e   Page, Richard ^e   Powell, Anne Marie ^e   Pullinger, Diane ^e   Slight, Robert ^e   Tideswell, Jackie ^e   Viviano, Alessandro ^e   Wren, Michelle ^e   Zeinah, Mohamed ^e   more..

^a Worthing Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b Cambridge Centre for Cardiovascular Research Excellence   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Air leak; Chest drains; Chest tubes; Lung resection; Pulmonary resection; Suction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEST TUBE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG RESECTION; META ANALYSIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SUCTION; SURGEON; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; DEVICES; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION;

CHEST TUBES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; SUCTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84959898929     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezv133     Document Type: Article

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