The insertion of a chest tube is a common procedure in trauma care, and the Advanced Trauma Life Support program teaches the insertion of chest tubes as an essential and life-saving skill. The purpose ...
A new Omaha-based medtech company has developed a self-cleaning chest tube system that provides more precise measurements for monitoring patients recovering from surgery on their heart or lungs.
Incidentally detected pulmonary nodules often pose a diagnostic dilemma. In its 2017 guidelines, the Fleischner society recommends either positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) or ...