Safety of Home Discharge With a Chest Tube After Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction Complicated by Persistent Airleak.

Amit Bobby MahajanMahwish BariNancy CollarShourjo ChakravortyDuy K DuongKei SuzukiPriya P PatelMichael J WeyantDouglas K Hogarth

Published in: Journal of bronchology & interventional pulmonology (2023)

Discharging patients home with a chest tube after BLVR therapy is safe and may reduce hospital length of stay. Our study shows the incidence of intrapleural infection after home discharge with a chest tube after BLVR is low.

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