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Thopaz Portable Suction Systems in Thoracic Surgery: An end user assessment and feedback in a tertiary unit

BACKGROUND: Thoracic surgical patients have chest drains inserted to enable re-expansion of lungs, to clear contents from the pleural cavity which sometimes require negative suction. Suction impedes mobility, may have variable suction delivery and increases risk of infection. Assessment of air-leak...

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Autores principales: Rathinam, Sridhar, Bradley, Amy, Cantlin, Teresa, Rajesh, Pala B
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3094380/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21510897
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-6-59