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Clinical consequences of chest tube malposition in trauma resuscitation: single-center experience.

Manuel Florian StruckSebastian EwensJohannes K M FaklerGunther HempelAndré BeilickeMichael BernhardPatrick StumppChristoph JostenSebastian N StehrHermann WriggeSebastian Krämer
Published in: European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society (2018)
Patients with malposition of emergency chest tubes according to CT were not associated with worse outcomes compared to patients with correctly positioned tubes. Early emergency chest CT in the initial evaluation of severely injured patients allows precise detection of possible malposition of chest tubes that may require immediate intervention.
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