JC: Small versus Large-Bore Thoracostomy for Traumatic Hemothorax.
New critical review of Systematic Review paper on large vs small chest drains in haemothorax. How low can you go?? Probably smaller than you think for many stable patients #FOAMed @stemlyns
Background We see a lot of traumatic haemothoraces here in Virchester. It’s a range of patients with both blunt and penetrating injury and the standard practice for managing these patients has been the insertion of a large bore tube thoracostomy to drain the blood and relieve any complications. However, there’s ongoing debate about the optimal tube size, and we’ve covered this at St Emlyn’s…











