1. Telemedicine-guided thoracentesis of tension pneumothorax in a term newborn.
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Abou Mehrem, Ayman, Blagdon, Ashley, Hoffman, Jaco, Dossani, Salma, Anderson, Christine, Spence, Tanya, and Gilad, Eli
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CHEST paracentesis , *PNEUMOTHORAX , *PEDIATRIC intensive care , *RURAL hospitals , *INTENSIVE care units , *NEWBORN infants - Abstract
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]
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- 2024
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