Chest Drains in Daily Clinical Practice / edited by Thomas Kiefer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kiefer, Thomas, editor.

SpringerLink (Online service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine.

Respiratory organs--Diseases.

Respiratory organs.

Medicine & Public Health.

Pneumology/Respiratory System.

Local Subjects:

Medicine & Public Health.

Pneumology/Respiratory System.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XII, 202 pages 87 illustrations, 65 illustrations in color.)

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

This book covers all aspects of successfully treating patients using chest drains, beginning with anatomy and ending with physiotherapy and pain management. The aim of the book is to provide medical professionals with a step-by-step guide to using a chest drain, with specific chapters on indications, kinds of chest drains, catheters, drainage systems, how to insert a chest tube, complications during placement and handling of a chest drain, removing a chest drain, management of the pleural space and post-procedural care. Unlike general thoracic surgery textbooks, this book gives a complete overview of chest drains in clinical practice to ensure the best possible care of patients. .

Contents:

Anatomy of the Chest wall and the Pleura

(Patho-) Physiology of the Pleural Space

Indications for Chest Drain Therapy

Different Kinds of Chest Drain

Catheters

Different Drainage Systems and -philosophies

Inserting a chest tube

Complications during Placement of a Chest Drain and during Handling

Care of Patients having a Chest Drain

Management of the Pleural Space

Pain Management

Physiotherapy in Patients having a Chest Drain

Removing a Chest Drain.

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

9783319323398

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.