Variability in paediatric cardiac postoperative chest tube management

Limited evidence exists to guide chest tube management following cardiac surgery in children. We assessed chest tube practice variation by surveying paediatric heart centres to prepare for a multi-site quality improvement project. We summarised management strategies highlighting variability in criteria for chest tube removal between and within centres. This lack of standardisation provides an opportunity for quality improvement.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

Enthalten in:

Cardiology in the young - 28(2018), 12 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 1471-1474

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Taylor, Anne C [VerfasserIn]
Bates, Katherine E [VerfasserIn]
Kipps, Alaina K [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Chest tube
Journal Article
Paediatric cardiothoracic surgery
Quality improvement

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 15.03.2019

Date Revised 15.03.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1017/S104795111800152X

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM28835804X