Jun 18, 2025 · Apply an occlusive gauze pressure dressing over the tube tract during removal. Leave this dressing in place for 48 hours. Monitor for signs of respiratory distress secondary to …

Use the chlorhexidine swabs to cleanse the area and the first 2 inches of the chest tube starting where it exits the skin. Repeat twice and allow to dry. Apply occlusive gauze around the chest …

Apply occlusive dressing to insertion site and secure chest tube to patient to protect against inadvertent pulling and dislodgement of the tube. Maintain dressing for at least 48 hours and …

Mar 19, 2025 · Regardless of the indication, chest tube removal should follow a sterile technique with an occlusive dressing to prevent air reentry, and patients should be monitored clinically …

Oct 4, 2024 · This will ensure that your chest tube is rigid and make it easy to feed over the guidewire and through the chest wall. This will also assist you in aiming the tube (superiorly …

Placement: typically Seldinger pigtail (smaller caliber) chest tubes are placed by interventional radiology or pulmonary. Consider larger chest tubes by thoracic surgery if pigtail chest tubes …

Dec 15, 2025 · The management of thoracostomy tubes or catheters is reviewed. Specific medical and surgical conditions that result in the need to perform thoracostomy for pleural …

Dec 12, 2022 · Follow the steps in the “How to change your chest tube bandage” section. Your nurse will also show you how before you leave the hospital. If your bandage is wet, dirty, …

Make a small incision with 11-blade alongside guidewire, then dilate to required depth with dilator, then insert pigtail with obturator over wire to appropriate depth.

Nov 14, 2025 · Designed for percutaneous drainage, meaning it is inserted through the skin, this procedure offers a less invasive alternative to traditional large-bore chest tube insertion.