A Portable Handpump Is Effective in the Evacuation of Hemothorax in a Swine Model of Penetrating Chest Injury

BACKGROUND Standard pleural evacuation devices are not practical for use on the battlefield. A small, portable, easy-to-use handpump (HP) that does not require continuous suction for treating hemopneumothorax would offer a major logistical advantage. In addition, using endotracheal tubes instead of...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care injury, infection, and critical care, 2003-11, Vol.55 (5), p.864-868
Hauptverfasser:	Jaskille, Amin, Rhee, Peter, Koustova, Elena, Hancock, Timothy, Inocencio, Ryan, Lewis, Troy A., Seufert, Adam, Alam, Hasan B.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Biological and medical sciences Equipment Design Hemopneumothorax - etiology Hemopneumothorax - therapy Medical sciences Models, Biological Pneumology Respiratory system : syndromes and miscellaneous diseases Swine Thoracic Injuries - complications
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