Abstract: Prolonged air leak is a complication arising from a collapsed lung which can lead to serious illness such as pneumonia and empyema, and patient suffering from indwelling chest tubes.

Sophie Hellyer was 17 when she inhaled seawater while surfing, and spent a month in hospital with an infection in her lungs.

Thopaz+ is the first system awarded in Vizient’s newly created digital chest drainage category, reflecting the growing role of digital technologies in improving clinical decision-making and patient ...

Medela, a global leader in medical vacuum and fluid management solutions, today announced that its Thopaz+ Digital Chest Drainage System has been awarded a contract by Vizient, Inc., the nation’s ...

A stable, solid design for the most compact device in chest drainage applications designed with double collection chambers. It's suitable for adult and pediatric needs and has easy to read graduated ...

A stable, solid design for the most compact device in totally dry chest drainage for autotransfusion applications. Completely dry, system guarantees patient protection thanks to an anti-reflux valve ...

Clinicians frequently rely on expert opinions, which are sometimes later disproven by randomised controlled trials (RCTs). For example, intrapleural streptokinase was commonplace until the MIST-1 ...

The Jackson-Pratt (JP) drain is the most commonly used surgical drain. Patients often need to wear drains after hospital discharge, so it’s important to understand proper at-home care techniques. The ...