The Society for Translational Medicine: Clinical practice guidelines for the postoperative management of chest tube for patients undergoing lobectomy

Journal of Thoracic Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 3255-3264

  Gao, Shugeng ^a   Zhang, Zhongheng ^b   Aragón, Javier ^c   Brunelli, Alessandro ^d   Cassivi, Stephen ^e   Chai, Ying ^f   Chen, Chang ^g   Chen, Chun ^h   Chen, Gang ⁱ   Chen, Haiquan ^j   Chen, Jin Shing ^k   Cooke, David Tom ^l   Downs, John B ^m   Falcoz, Pierre Emmanuel ⁿ   Fang, Wentao ^j   Filosso, Pier Luigi ^o   Fu, Xiangning ^p   Force, Seth D ^q   Garutti, Martínez I ^r   Gonzalez Rivas, Diego ^s   Gossot, Dominique ^t   Hansen, Henrik Jessen ^u   He, Jianxing ^v,w   He, Jie ^a   Holbek, Bo Laksáfoss ^u   Hu, Jian ^f   Huang, Yunchao ^x   Ibrahim, Mohsen ^y   Imperatori, Andrea ^z   Ismail, Mahmoud ^aa   Jiang, Gening ^g   Jiang, Hongjing ^ab   Jiang, Zhongmin ^ac   Kim, Hyun Koo ^ad   Li, Danqing ^ae   Li, Gaofeng ^x   Li, Hui ^af   Li, Qiang ^ag   Li, Xiaofei ^ah   Li, Yin ^ai   Li, Zhijun ^b   Lim, Eric ^aj   Liu, Chia Chuan ^ak   Liu, Deruo ^al   Liu, Lunxu ^am   Liu, Yongyi ^an   Lobdell, Kevin W ^ao   Ma, Haitao ^ap   Mao, Weimin ^aq   Mao, Yousheng ^a   Mou, Juwei ^a   Ng, Calvin Sze Hang ^ar   Novoa, Nuria M ^as   Petersen, René H ^u   Oizumi, Hiroyuki ^at   Papagiannopoulos, Kostas ^d   Pompili, Cecilia ^d,au   Qiao, Guibin ^av   Refai, Majed ^aw   Rocco, Gaetano ^ax   Ruffini, Erico ^o   Salati, Michele ^ay   Seguin Givelet, Agathe ^t   Sihoe, Alan Dart Loon ^az   Tan, Lijie ^ba   Tan, Qunyou ^bb   Tong, Tang ^bc   Tsakiridis, Kosmas ^bd   Venuta, Federico ^be   Veronesi, Giulia ^bf   Villamizar, Nestor ^bg   Wang, Haidong ^bh   Wang, Qun ^ba   Wang, Ruwen ^bb   Wang, Shumin ^bi   Wright, Gavin M ^bj,bk,bl   Xie, Deyao ^bm   Xue, Qi ^a   Xue, Tao ^bn   Xu, Lin ^bo   Xu, Shidong ^bp   Xu, Songtao ^ba   Yan, Tiansheng ^bq   Yu, Fenglei ^br   Yu, Zhentao ^ab   Zhang, Chunfang ^bs   Zhang, Lanjun ^bt   Zhang, Tao ^bu   Zhang, Xun ^bv   Zhao, Xiaojing ^bw   Zhao, Xuewei ^bx   Zhi, Xiuyi ^by   Zhou, Qinghua ^am   more..

^a CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Calle Luis Fernandez Castañón 2   (Spain)

^d ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^g SHANGHAI PULMONARY HOSPITAL   (China)

^h FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁱ GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^j SHANGHAI CHEST HOSPITAL   (China)

^k NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^o UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^p HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^q EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^r HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^s UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^t INSTITUT MUTUALISTE MONTSOURIS   (France)

^u Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^v GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^w GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^x Yunnan Provincial Cancer Hospital   (China)

^y SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^z UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^aa CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^ab TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^ac THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SHANDONG FIRST MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^ad Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^ae PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^af CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^ag SICHUAN CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

^ah FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^ai Henan Cancer Hospital   (China)

^aj ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^ak Sun Yat Sen Cancer Center   (Taiwan)

^al Japan China Friendship Hospital   (China)

^am SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^an LIAONING CANCER HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE   (China)

^ao CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^ap THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^aq ZHEJIANG CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

^ar CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^as HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^at YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^au UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^av GUANGZHOU GENERAL HOSPITAL OF GUANGZHOU MILITARY COMMAND   (China)

^aw United Hospitals of Ancona   (Italy)

^ax NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^ay OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^az UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^ba ZHONGSHAN HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^bb THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^bc THE SECOND HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^bd St Luke's General Hospital   (Greece)

^be SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^bf HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^bg UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^bh THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^bi GENERAL HOSPITAL OF NORTHERN THEATER COMMAND   (China)

^bj ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^bk UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^bl PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^bm THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^bn AFFILIATED ZHONGDA HOSPITAL OF SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^bo JIANGSU CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

^bp Heilongjiang Cancer Hospital   (China)

^bq PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

^br CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^bs CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^bt SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^bu The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical Hospital   (China)

^bv Department of Cardiology   (China)

^bw SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^bx SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^by CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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Author keywords

Chest tube; Drainage system; GRADE system; Lobectomy; Recommendation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; CHEST TUBE; COST CONTROL; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PLEURA FLUID; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SAFETY; SUCTION; SUCTION DRAIN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PRESSURE; TUBE REMOVAL;

EID: 85030123663     PISSN: 20721439     EISSN: 20776624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2017.08.165     Document Type: Article

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