Overview
Provides coverage of the relevant anatomy, procedures and decision-making involved in using chest drains
Offers a practical step-by-step guide to performing chest drain therapy in a clinical setting
Written by a team of internationally renowned experts in thoracic surgery who are at the forefront of developing and improving chest drainage systems
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book covers all aspects of successfully treating patients using chest drains, beginning with anatomy and ending with physiotherapy and pain management. The aim of the book is to provide medical professionals with a step-by-step guide to using a chest drain, with specific chapters on indications, kinds of chest drains, catheters, drainage systems, how to insert a chest tube, complications during placement and handling of a chest drain, removing a chest drain, management of the pleural space and post-procedural care. Unlike general thoracic surgery textbooks, this book gives a complete overview of chest drains in clinical practice to ensure the best possible care of patients.
Reviews
“It is very difficult, within the world of thoracic surgery books, to create a new book that is unique. However, the book “Chest Drains in Daily Clinical Practice” by Thomas Kiefer clearly deserves this distinction, and not just in one way, but for several reasons. ... It addresses aspects of care faced by physicians, nurses, physiotherapists, and, in fact, includes all of these specialties in the choice of authors. It is a worthwhile book for an entire thoracic surgery service to use in organizing their care. ... I recommend this book to anyone involved in thoracic surgical care who is interested in improving patient care, and who is willing to not just focus on flashy high-visibility aspects, but to look at the simple daily routines that may have much greater actual overall impact.” (Frank C. Detterbeck FACS, FCCP, Yale University, Department of Thoracic Surgery, USA)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Thomas Kiefer
Head of Department for Thoracic Surgery
Lunge Center Bodensee
Klinikum Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Chest Drains in Daily Clinical Practice
Editors: Thomas Kiefer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32339-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-32338-1Published: 20 February 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-32339-8Published: 06 February 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 202
Number of Illustrations: 22 b/w illustrations, 65 illustrations in colour
Topics: Pneumology/Respiratory System