3 results
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
• Look at the CXR ... since a prior CXR ... of the chest drain ... tube while on positive ... #Diagnosis #Assessment
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Pertinent positives ... trauma are diagnosed ... x-ray (CXR), try ... bleeding often from a liver ... #Radiology #CTChest
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Abdominal, pelvic, gastric ... Mississippi and Ohio River ... aches, joint pain, chest ... • Sinusitis • Brain ... infection have positive