"Thoracostomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Surgical procedure involving the creation of an opening (stoma) into the chest cavity for drainage; used in the treatment of PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; HEMOTHORAX; and EMPYEMA.
| Descriptor ID |
D013907
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.579.918 E04.928.755
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| Concept/Terms |
Needle Thoracostomy- Needle Thoracostomy
- Needle Thoracostomies
- Thoracostomies, Needle
- Thoracostomy, Needle
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Thoracostomy" by people in Profiles.
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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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Shumbusho JP, Duanmu Y, Kim SH, Bassett IV, Boyer EW, Ruutiainen AT, Riviello R, Ntirenganya F, Henwood PC. Accuracy of Resident-Performed Point-of-Care Lung Ultrasound Examinations Versus Chest Radiography in Pneumothorax Follow-up After Tube Thoracostomy in Rwanda. J Ultrasound Med. 2020 Mar; 39(3):499-506.
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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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Shaikh AY, Oliveira PJ. Exogenous lipoid pneumonia (fire-eater's lung). Am J Med. 2014 Feb; 127(2):e3-4.
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Cantwell K, Burgess S, Patrick I, Niggemeyer L, Fitzgerald M, Cameron P, Jones C, Pascoe D. Improvement in the prehospital recognition of tension pneumothorax: the effect of a change to paramedic guidelines and education. Injury. 2014 Jan; 45(1):71-6.
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Sanchez LD, Straszewski S, Saghir A, Khan A, Horn E, Fischer C, Khosa F, Camacho MA. Anterior versus lateral needle decompression of tension pneumothorax: comparison by computed tomography chest wall measurement. Acad Emerg Med. 2011 Oct; 18(10):1022-6.
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Sethuraman KN, Duong D, Mehta S, Director T, Crawford D, St George J, Rathlev NK. Complications of tube thoracostomy placement in the emergency department. J Emerg Med. 2011 Jan; 40(1):14-20.
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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.