When I trained here in Virchester we had a fairly aggressive approach to the management of pneumothoraces. All trauma pneumothoraces got chest drains, a chest drain meant an open one, […]
JC: Conservative management of pneumothoraces. Read More »
We have previously blogged on the topic of chest tube/drain management1. In one of our most widely read posts we argued that many pneumothoraces can be managed without a chest
JC: Conservative management of chest trauma. St Emlyn’s Read More »
This is just a quickie to support some local teaching in Virchester on ‘chest drain’ insertion, or ‘intercostal drains’ if you prefer additional consonants or ‘chest tubes’ if you are
Chest drains & aspiration: Do it better with St.Emlyn’s Read More »
Here at St. Emlyn’s we have been managing patients with pneumothoraces as out patients for many years. The approach in the UK has been ‘guided’ by the BritishThoracic Society guidelines.
JC: Should we use Heimlich Valves for ambulatory pneumothorax management? St. Emlyn’s Read More »
