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Catheter drainage of pleural fluid collections and pneumothorax
Author(s) -
Frendin J.,
Obel N.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1997.tb03355.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumothorax , surgery , chylothorax , suction , catheter , hydrothorax , pleural fluid , drainage , hemothorax , perforation , pleural effusion , materials science , biology , mechanical engineering , ascites , ecology , metallurgy , engineering , punching
A technique for virtually atraumatic placement of small size chest catheters for suction drainage of pleural effusions and pneumothorax in the dog and cat is described. Thirty‐nine dogs and two cats were treated for pyothorax (10 cases), hydrothorax (eight). chylothorax (three), haemothorax (three), haemothorax/pneumothorax (three) and pneumothorax (14). In all 41 cases, thin or viscous fluid and/or air were efficiently drained. The mean period of drainage was four days (range, 0.5 to 18 days). The average amount of fluid removed from each patient in 24 hours was 530 ml in pyothorax cases (range, 140 to 1100 ml) and 1300 ml in the other cases (range, 20 to 5000 ml). In 40 cases there were no complications related to the procedure. One dog with severe pleural adhesions was euthanased because of lung perforation and pneumothorax secondary to misplacement of the catheter.