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Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
injury to the lung ... large injury to lung ... suction to large effusions ... pneumothorax • 24-28 Fr tension ... drainage of an effusion
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
have begun within one ... be present on a chest ... explained by pleural effusions ... lobar collapse, lung ... arterial oxygen tension
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
This post will focus ... on a chest x-ray ... pattern that your brain ... wall, a chest x-ray ... #Lung #Pulmonary
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... ACEi/ARBs - Hold ... change CV risk Chest ... X-ray: • Not ... unless prior heart/lung