26/11/2011
Exsufflation: 5 cm suffisent VRAIMENT !
Determination of the appropriate catheter length for needle thoracostomy by using computed tomography scans of trauma patients in Japan Injury , In Press, Corrected Proof , Available online 24 December 2010 Takeshi Yamagiwa, Seiji Morita, Rie Yamamoto, Tomoko Seki, Katsuhiko Sugimoto, Sadaki Inokuchi PDF (164 K) Background Previous studies reported a high failure rate in relieving tension pneumothorax by needle thoracostomy , because the catheter was not sufficiently long to access the pleural space. The Advanced Trauma Life...