"Chest Tubes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Plastic tubes used for drainage of air or fluid from the pleural space. Their surgical insertion is called tube thoracostomy.
| Descriptor ID |
D015505
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E07.858.150
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| Concept/Terms |
Chest Tubes- Chest Tubes
- Chest Tube
- Tube, Chest
- Tubes, Chest
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chest Tubes" by people in Profiles.
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Lobdell KW, Engelman DT. Chest Tube Management: Past, Present, and Future Directions for Developing Evidence-Based Best Practices. Innovations (Phila). 2023 Jan-Feb; 18(1):41-48.
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McLoughlin RJ, Rice S, Hirsh MP, Aidlen JT, Cleary MA. The Evolution of Surgical Management for Children and Young Adults With Spontaneous Pneumothorax. J Surg Res. 2020 06; 250:135-142.
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Touray S, Sood RN, Lindstrom D, Holdorf J, Ahmad S, Knox DB, Sosa AF. Risk Stratification in Patients with Complicated Parapneumonic Effusions and Empyema Using the RAPID Score. Lung. 2018 10; 196(5):623-629.
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Gauguet JM, Prabhu SP, Pigula F, Voss SD. The radiographic appearance of split Blake drains: what you see is not necessarily what you get. Pediatr Radiol. 2013 Dec; 43(12):1573-6.
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Alameddine AK, Rousou JA, Alimov VK. Mediastinal drain entrapment detected on computed tomography in 2 obese patients after median sternotomy. Tex Heart Inst J. 2012; 39(3):438-9.
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Suzuki K, Servais EL, Rizk NP, Solomon SB, Sima CS, Park BJ, Kachala SS, Zlobinsky M, Rusch VW, Adusumilli PS. Palliation and pleurodesis in malignant pleural effusion: the role for tunneled pleural catheters. J Thorac Oncol. 2011 Apr; 6(4):762-7.
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Kopec SE, Conlan AA, Irwin RS. Perforation of the right ventricle: a complication of blind placement of a chest tube into the postpneumonectomy space. Chest. 1998 Oct; 114(4):1213-5.
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Baldt MM, Bankier AA, Germann PS, P?schl GP, Skrbensky GT, Herold CJ. Complications after emergency tube thoracostomy: assessment with CT. Radiology. 1995 May; 195(2):539-43.