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Complications of needle thoracostomy: A comprehensive clinical review.
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- Paramedic Understanding of Tension Pneumothorax and Needle Thoracostomy (NT) Site Selection.Cureus · 2022Article
- Prehospital portable ultrasound for safe and accurate prehospital needle thoracostomy: a pilot educational study.The ultrasound journal · 2022Article
- Complications associated with pre-hospital open thoracostomies: a rapid review.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2021Review
- A novel optical technology based on 690 nm and 850 nm wavelengths to assist needle thoracostomy.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- An experimental pleural drainage device in hypertensive pneumothorax.Acta cirurgica brasileira · 2021Article
- Emergent needle thoracostomy in prehospital trauma patients: a review of procedural execution through computed tomography scans.Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2021Article
- Post-mortem computed tomography improves completeness of the trauma registry: a single institution experience.Emergency radiology · 2019Article
- Decompression of tension pneumothoraces in Asian trauma patients: greater success with lateral approach and longer catheter lengths based on computed tomography chest wall measurements.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2018Article
- Emergency Management of Tension Pneumothorax for Health Professionals on Remote Cat Island Bahamas.Cureus · 2017Article
- [Chest decompression in emergency medicine and intensive care].Der Anaesthesist · 2016Review
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Abstract
Needle thoracostomy (NT) is a valuable adjunct in the management of tension pneumothorax (tPTX), a life-threatening condition encountered mainly in trauma and critical care environments. Most commonly, needle thoracostomies are used in the prehospital setting and during acute trauma resuscitation to temporize the affected individuals prior to the placement of definitive tube thoracostomy (TT). Because it is both an invasive and emergent maneuver, NT can be associated with a number of potential complications, some of which may be life-threatening. Due to relatively common use of this procedure, it is important that healthcare providers are familiar, and ready to deal with, potential complications of NT.
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