Chest Tube Injury to Left Ventricle: Complication or Negligence?

An injury to the left ventricle after a chest tube insertion is a rare but lethal phenomenon that is likely to occur if precautions are not seriously addressed. We present a 15-year-old girl who was diagnosed a left empyema thoracis. An attempt to place a chest drain in this young girl was almost fa...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery 2010-07, Vol.90 (1), p.308-309
Hauptverfasser:	Haron, Hairufaizi, MS, Rashid, Norfaezan Abdul, MD, Dimon, Mohd Zamrin, MS, Azmi, Muhd Helmi, MMed, SuMin, Joanna Ooi, MMed, Zabir, Azmil Farid, MMed, Abdul Rahman, Mohd Ramzisham, MS
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Biological and medical sciences Cardiac Surgical Procedures Cardiology. Vascular system Cardiothoracic Surgery Chest Tubes - adverse effects Drainage - adverse effects Drainage - instrumentation Empyema, Pleural - etiology Empyema, Pleural - therapy Female Heart Injuries - etiology Heart Ventricles - injuries Heart Ventricles - surgery Humans Malpractice Medical sciences Pneumology Surgery Thoracic Surgery Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - complications
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