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Needle thoracostomy for tension pneumothorax: the Israeli Defense Forces experience

Author(s) -

Jacob Chen,

Roy Nadler,

Dagan Schwartz,

Homer Tien,

Andrew Cap,

Elon Glassberg

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

canadian journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1488-2310

pISSN - 0008-428X

DOI - 10.1503/cjs.012914

Subject(s) - medicine , thoracostomy , tension pneumothorax , pneumothorax , surgery , general surgery

Point of injury needle thoracostomy (NT) for tension pneumothorax is potentially lifesaving. Recent data raised concerns regarding the efficacy of conventional NT devices. Owing to these considerations, the Israeli Defense Forces Medical Corps (IDF-MC) recently introduced a longer, wider, more durable catheter for the performance of rapid chest decompression. The present series represents the IDF-MC experience with chest decompression by NT.

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