Pneumonectomy balanced drain maintains pleural cavity pressure between +1 and - 13 cmH2O. Consequently Anemos is composed of three chambers: a collection chamber with 2 liter capacity and two ...

Participants: Children with complicated pneumonia requiring pleural drainage. Main Exposures: Initial drainage procedures were categorized as chest tube without fibrinolysis, chest tube with ...

When a bleb ruptures the air escapes into the chest cavity causing a pneumothorax (air between the lung and chest cavity) which can result in a collapsed lung. If blebs become larger or come together ...

Emotrans water valve chest drain has been engineered to utilize an advanced integral filter placed inside collection chamber. A large filter screens blood clots through the 200 micron mesh membrane.