Introduction: Air leaks, especially pneumothorax, are not rare events in NICU. The chest drain is one of the most painful procedures among the many that are performed on newborns. The breathing of 100 ...

Horner's syndrome is a well-recognized complication of various thoracic surgical procedures. We present a case of Horner's syndrome that had arisen as the complication of chest drain migration in the ...

Pneumothorax Approximately 35% of premenopausal women diagnosed with primary spontaneous pneumothorax meet criteria for catamenial pneumothorax. Differentiating between spontaneous pneumothorax and ...

The most common treatment for spontaneous pneumothorax is drainage, sometimes progressing to surgical intervention. An alternative approach, conservative management, may be associated with lower risk ...

Pneumothorax, commonly called a collapsed lung, can be painful and in certain situations, may be life-threatening. In a healthy body, the lungs are touching the walls of the chest. A pneumothorax ...

Liz Allibone, BSc, RGN, Cert Health Promotion, is nurse teacher, Department of Nursing Development and Quality, Royal Brompton Hospital, London The insertion of a chest drain can be a frightening ...

An advanced nurse practitioner in a large thoracic surgical ward at a regional centre developed a nurse-led chest drain clinic. The new service was designed to safely discharge patients who need ...