Chii Yang Kuah, Jaslyn Ju Lia Gan, Ahmed Liju
Abstract
This study aims to compare the ‘drainage time’: the time required to drain the effusion, with a small-bore (12F) chest tube or a conventional large-bore (20–24F) chest tube in patients with a parapneumonic effusion. Data from 54 patients with parapneumonic effusions who had chest tubes
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This study aims to compare the ‘drainage time’: the time required to drain the effusion, with a small-bore (12F) chest tube or a conventional large-bore (20–24F) chest tube in patients with a parapneumonic effusion. Data from 54 patients with parapneumonic effusions who had chest tubes
Key concepts: Medicine, Parapneumonic effusion, Chest tube, Tube (container), Effusion, Pleural effusion, Radiology, Surgery