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BET 3: DO PATIENTS WITH A THORACOSTOMY TUBE PLACED IN THE LUNG FISSURE NEED AN ADDITIONAL THORACOSTOMY TUBE PLACED?
  1. Leif Meyers,
  2. Jeffrey Jones, MD, Emergency Medicine
  1. Grand Rapids Medical and Education Center, Michigan State University, Michigan, USA

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emj.2008.063420

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      Report by Leif Meyers

      Search checked by Jeffrey Jones, MD, Emergency Medicine

      Institution: Grand Rapids Medical and Education Center, Michigan State University, Michigan, USA

      THREE-PART QUESTION

      In [patients with significant pleural effusions], does a [chest tube incidentally placed in the lung fissure] have any [effect on adequate drainage of the effusion].

      CLINICAL SCENARIO

      A patient …

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