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Pigtail Catheter vs Large Bore Chest Tube for Pneumothorax

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Advantages of Pigtail Catheter More recent trials found that patients with traumatic pneumothorax and hemothorax managed with PC compared to LBCT experienced less pain ( Kulvatunyou 2021, Kulvatunyou 2014). Author’s Conclusions: “We found that for spontaneous pneumothorax, the drainage duration and hospital stay are shorter in the PC group.

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ED Boarding

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NQF re-endorsed the measure in 2014. What’s clear from the emerging data: our experience as clinicians as well as our patients’ is that the system is unraveling. Accessed July 13, 2023. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) developed and maintained the measure. In November 2018, CMS withdrew the measure.