"Chest Tubes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Plastic tubes used for drainage of air or fluid from the pleural space. Their surgical insertion is called tube thoracostomy.
| Descriptor ID |
D015505
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E07.858.150
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| Concept/Terms |
Chest Tubes- Chest Tubes
- Chest Tube
- Tube, Chest
- Tubes, Chest
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chest Tubes" by people in Profiles.
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Johnson SC, Fong E, Wu B, Kyono W, Chang R, Reddy V, Purohit PJ. Respiratory Distress in a 5 Week Old. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2020 06; 59(6):625-628.
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Garnett GM, Kimball S, Kon K, Woo RK. Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm after MRSA septicemia in a pediatric patient. J Pediatr Surg. 2013 May; 48(5):E33-6.
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Arciaga PL, Windokun A, Wood W, Frost EA. Anesthetic management of iatrogenic esophageal perforation--case report and literature review. Middle East J Anaesthesiol. 2007 Feb; 19(1):231-42.