Telemedicine-guided thoracentesis of tension pneumothorax in a term newborn.

Autor: Abou Mehrem, Ayman, Blagdon, Ashley, Hoffman, Jaco, Dossani, Salma, Anderson, Christine, Spence, Tanya, Gilad, Eli
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Zdroj: Journal of Telemedicine & Telecare; Jan2024, Vol. 30 Issue 1, p194-197, 4p
Abstrakt: We describe a case of a term female infant born in a rural community hospital and who developed a left-sided spontaneous tension pneumothorax shortly after birth. We used telemedicine to guide the family physician and healthcare team at the referring hospital to perform a life-saving thoracentesis using an intravenous cannula. The cannula was kept in place to drain the persistent pneumothorax during transportation to the pediatric intensive care unit at the tertiary hospital. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index