Register
Community
Overview
Experts
Editors
Fellows
Code of conduct
AI Guidelines for Physicians
Company
About Us
FAQs
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
Careers
Programs
News
News Releases
Press Coverage
Publications
Blog
Contact Us
Sign in
Please select the option that best describes you:
Topics:
Pulmonology
•
Pleural Disease
•
Interventional Pulmonology
•
Hospital Medicine
How do you assess the use of Heimlich valves for patients who present with persistent air leaks?
Answer from: at Community Practice
I would do it for patients who have a persistent air leak and can tolerate water seal (lung is up on xray on water seal but chest tube has air leak).
Sign In
or
Register
to read more
21696
Related Questions
Are you more permissive of perioperative interruption of anticoagulation for VTE depending on the location and relative chronicity of the thrombus?
How do you mitigate risk when performing bronchoscopy in hypoxic patients requiring high levels of supplemental oxygen?
Is it clinically necessary to provide supplemental oxygen to patients with mild, asymptomatic hypoxemia only during activity while they are recovering from an acute respiratory illness?
How would you approach a stable 3 cm iatrogenic pneumothorax in an asymptomatic patient?
Do you use MRSA nares PCR to influence antibiotic selection for non-respiratory infections?
Should long-acting subcutaneous insulin be started upfront in addition to regular insulin infusion for patients with diabetic ketoacidosis?
What is your approach to volume resuscitation in patients who are third spacing fluids?
What do you think about using conventional thoracic imaging methods (e.g., X-ray, CT, etc.) to determine if a pleural effusion is of adequate size to consider thoracentesis?
Do you routinely use systemic corticosteroids for treatment of fat embolism in patients who are hemodynamically stable?
When starting stress dose steroids for patient with primary adrenal insufficiency, how do you decide whether to start hydrocortisone 100 mg every 8 hours versus 50 mg every 6 hours?