Whenever my residents/fellows or I place central venous catheters (CVCs) in the operating room in a case where we’ll be performing intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography…
Although double lumen endotracheal tubes (ETTs) remain the gold standard for lung isolation for lateralized pulmonary hemorrhage/infection, massive bronchopleural fistulas, or to facilitate surgeries,…
“I’ve only successfully intubated 50% of the time. I blow my peripheral IVs. I get blood flash on my arterial lines, but I can’t…
Although small amounts of air and fluid in the pleural space are generally well tolerated, pneumothorax, hemothorax, chylothorax, etc. necessitates chest tube placement. For…