What method of chest tube removal has been associated with the lowest level of pneumothorax recurrence?
a. Clamp the chest tube for 4 hr; if chest ra-diograph is good, remove the tube.
b. Clamp chest tube for 24 hr; if clinically stable, remove the tube.
c. Remove the chest tube as soon as the air leak resolves.
d. Remove the chest tube 48 hr after the air leak resolves.
ANS: D
The recurrence rate is near zero when chest tubes are removed 48 hr after the air leak no longer is seen in the water-seal chamber.
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