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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 45, 101-102, Copyright © 1988 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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An enclosed system for continuous postoperative mediastinal aspiration

DR Jobes, SC Nicolson, JD Pigott and WI Norwood
Department of Anesthesia, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA 19104.

Blockage of mediastinal drainage tubes in the postoperative cardiac surgical patient can result in tamponade, and the small child, with a necessarily small drainage tube, is particularly susceptible to instability arising from accumulating blood in the mediastinum. A system for continuous evacuation of blood in drainage tubes is described that decreases the likelihood of blocked tubes and resultant tamponade.




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