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Does chest tube size matter in managing parapneumonic effusions?

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This study aims to compare the ‘drainage time’: the time required to drain the effusion, with a small-bore (12F) chest tube or a conventional large-bore (20–24F) chest tube in patients… Click to show full abstract

This study aims to compare the ‘drainage time’: the time required to drain the effusion, with a small-bore (12F) chest tube or a conventional large-bore (20–24F) chest tube in patients with a parapneumonic effusion. Data from 54 patients with parapneumonic effusions who had chest tubes

Keywords: effusions chest; tube; tube size; chest tube; parapneumonic effusions; size matter

Journal Title: Clinical Medicine
Year Published: 2019

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