Afterwards, a chest tube or tunneled pleural catheter is left in place to finish draining the available air and fluid. A PleurX catheter is a thin tube that enables you to drain pleural fluid at home.

“Before I had the PleurX catheter, it was hard for me to count on keeping appointments and dates. It would improve my mood, certainly, whenever I would drain. It was easier for me to sit up [...] I ...

Training in procedures such as PleurX catheter placement, talc pleurodesis, tracheal dilation, rigid bronchoscopy, thoracoscopy, endobronchial stenting, balloon bronchoplasty, argon photocoagulation ...

Indwelling urinary catheters (IUCs) are semi-rigid, flexible tubes. They drain the bladder but block the urethra. IUCshave double lumens, or separate channels, running down it lengthwise. One of the ...

Drain removal after six hours is recommended. Permanent indwelling peritoneal catheters May help with symptom control by avoiding repeated LVP. PleurX peritoneal catheter is recommended by NICE as an ...

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Use of Indwelling Urinary Catheters | Acute Care Catheter Use | Indications for indwelling urinary catheter use Selected peri-operative needs | LTC Catheter Use | References Each year, urinary ...

What Is a Cardiac Catheterization? A cardiac catheterization is a procedure that cardiologists (heart doctors) do. They put a catheter (a long, thin tube) into a blood vessel, then guide it the heart.

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