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Tube Thoracostomy
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2023
Source: Rachel Liu, BAO, MBBCh, Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Tube thoracostomy (chest tube placement) is a procedure during which a hollow tube is inserted into the thoracic cavity for drainage of fluid or air. Emergency chest tube insertion is performed for definitive treatment of tension pneumothorax, traumatic hemothorax, large-volume pleural effusions, and empyemas. Irrespective of the cause of air and fluid accumulation in the pleural space, the...
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Uterine Tubes
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2024
The uterine or fallopian tubes function as the conduit through which oocytes travel from the ovaries to the uterus. Each fallopian tube measures approximately 10 to 13 cm long and is anatomically divided into the infundibulum, ampulla, isthmus, and interstitial part (or intramural segment). The infundibulum is characterized by its funnel shape and features extensions called fimbriae which reach towards the peritoneal cavity. These fimbriae play a critical role during ovulation as they extend...
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Endotracheal Tube Extubation
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2025
Endotracheal tube extubation is a critical procedure in weaning patients from mechanical ventilation. It involves physically removing the oral or nasal endotracheal (ET) tube, marking the final step in liberating a patient from ventilatory support. Procedure Extubation removes the endotracheal tube (ETT) from the patient on mechanical ventilation. It requires a well-coordinated, multidisciplinary approach involving physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, and other healthcare professionals.
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Interdisciplinary Care: The Health Care Team-I
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2023
An interdisciplinary team includes many healthcare professionals working together and utilizing their skills, knowledge, and expertise to provide holistic and quality patient care. Physicians The physician's primary responsibility is to diagnose illness and direct the medical or surgical treatment of the condition. The authority to admit patients to a healthcare agency or institution and practice care within that setting is granted to physicians by the healthcare agency or institution itself.
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Interdisciplinary Care: The Health Care Team-II
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2023
An interdisciplinary team includes many healthcare professionals working together and utilizing their skills, knowledge, and expertise to provide holistic and quality patient care. Here are a few more healthcare professionals. Physical Therapist A physical therapist (PT) aims to restore function or prevent additional impairment in a patient following an injury or disease. Massage, heat, cold, water, sonar waves, exercises, and electrical stimulation are some treatments used by PTs to treat...
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Position confirmation is a safety checkpoint because an NG tube that has shifted may no longer support the intended treatment and can contribute to aspiration. Clinical staff therefore follow the applicable protocol to verify location. This verification links tube position with the planned use, whether feeding, medication delivery, or gastric decompression, and helps identify a problem before it causes preventable harm.
Appropriate flushing helps preserve patency, meaning the tube remains open enough for its intended use. This matters because blockage can interrupt enteral feeding or medication delivery and may prevent effective gastric decompression. The flushing approach should follow clinical protocol, allowing tube maintenance to remain consistent with the patient’s treatment plan and the requirements of the clinical setting.
Securing the tube reduces the likelihood of movement that could lead to displacement, interrupted treatment, or aspiration. At the same time, clinicians assess the nose and mouth for irritation and observe the patient for related changes. Combining securement with inspection addresses both mechanical stability and tissue condition, supporting safer care during ongoing use.
The sequence should be guided by clinical protocol: confirm position, maintain patency with appropriate flushing, secure the tube, and assess the patient. Organizing care this way connects a device check with patient monitoring rather than treating tube maintenance as a single task. The workflow supports continued nutrition or treatment and can reveal displacement, blockage, irritation, or aspiration-related concerns early.
Monitoring should combine local, gastrointestinal, and respiratory observations. Inspecting the nose and mouth can reveal irritation, while abdominal assessment may identify concerns associated with gastric use; respiratory status is important when aspiration or displacement is possible. These observations give context to tube function and help clinicians recognize when the established care plan or tube position needs review.
The intended use determines what successful care must preserve. During enteral feeding, patency supports delivery of nutrition; for medication delivery, it supports treatment administration; during gastric decompression, it supports removal of gastric contents. In all three situations, position confirmation, securement, and monitoring remain important because a tube problem can compromise the planned clinical outcome.