Consensus StatementsManagement of Spontaneous Pneumothorax
|
| Would you like information regarding chest tube size selection?
|
- Small-bore catheter (<14F) with Heimlich valve and discharge
Reliable patients unwilling to undergo hospitalization may be discharged from the emergency department with a small-bore catheter attached to a Heimlich valve if the lung has re-expanded after removal of pleural air (good consensus).
Follow-up if Option 2 used: Patients should be provided with careful instructions for follow-up within 12 h to 2 days depending on circumstances. A chest radiograph should be obtained at the follow-up appointment to document resolution of the pneumothorax.
Primary Data
|
Other InformationWould you like information regarding initial chest tube management once placed? Would you like information regarding chest tube removal? Does your patient develop a persistent airleak after drainage tube placement and would you like information regarding airleak management? Would you like information regarding when to provide recurrence prevention and what type of recurrence prevention to provide? Would you like information regarding the role of computed tomography in the management of PSP? |
| Clinical Assumptions | Data Tables |
| Definitions and Abbreviations |
| Table of Contents |
| Home |
 |
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|