Background: Timing of chest tube removal in trauma patients is debatable. This study aimed to assess whether protocolized early thoracostomy tube (TT) removal is associated with better ...

Clinical Trial Results Show Active Chest Tube Clearance as Part of an ERAS Program Significantly Improves Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery Provided by Business Wire May 20, 2025, 11:48:00 AM ...

Further, chest tube removal occurred 1 day earlier in over half (56%) of those with a digital vs. analog device, according to researchers.

After he began coughing up blood, doctors discovered through a bronchoscopy that he had a “large pale blood clot” stuck inside his breathing tube.

Most importantly, the ATMOS C051 tube clearance mechanism works with any chest tube and does not require an expensive proprietary chest tube to clear blood clots like its competitors.

Placement of a chest tube may be necessary for management of pleural space disease in mammals. This column describes two accepted techniques for thoracostomy tube placement in the dog.

I am an Italian man who has a lot of chest and belly hair. I thought it was okay, but I notice that many Americans get rid of theirs. What is your opinion on this? Is it not just a thing for girls?

Q. What is the correct way to remove a chest drain – on inhalation or exhalation, or does it not matter? Inserting a chest drain, or performing a tube thoracostomy, involves the placement of a plastic ...

Updated 7:35 p.m. A pre-clinical evaluation of a self-clearing chest tube developed by Clear Catheter Systems Inc. has demonstrated the tube that clears itself works better to drain the chest ...

IRVINE, Calif., May 20, 2025--ClearFlow, Inc., a medical device company based in Irvine, California, announced positive results from a clinical trial published in the peer-reviewed journal ...