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Utility of routine chest radiographs after chest drain removal in paediatric cardiac surgical patients—a retrospective analysis of 1076 patients

OBJECTIVES: Chest drains are routinely placed in children following cardiac surgery. The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of a clinically relevant pneumothorax and/or pleural effusion after drain removal and to ascertain if a chest radiograph can be safely avoided following chest...

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Autores principales: Shetty, Gautham, Zouki, Jason, Lee, Geraldine, Patukale, Aditya, Betts, Kim S, Justo, Robert N, Marathe, Supreet P, Venugopal, Prem, Alphonso, Nelson
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10560101/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37756693
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivad159