New York, NY - Bedside ultrasound imaging could be poised to replace the gold standard of chest X ray for the confirmation of central venous catheter placement, according to preliminary data from a ...

A chest tube is a thin, plastic tube that a doctor inserts into the pleural space, which is the area between the chest wall and the lungs. Doctors may need to use a chest tube for many purposes, such ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- It wasn't use of prophylactic antibiotics, but certain patient factors that appeared to affect infection rates in the 30 days after chest port placement, researchers found in a large ...