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Tube thoracostomy during the COVID-19 pandemic: guidance and recommendations from the AAST Acute Care Surgery and Critical Care Committees

Fredric M Pieracci, Clay Cothren Burlew, David Spain, David H Livingston, Eileen M Bulger, Kimberly A Davis, Christopher Michetti
DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000498 Published 30 April 2020
Fredric M Pieracci
1 Department of Surgery, Denver Health, Denver, Colorado, USA
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Clay Cothren Burlew
1 Department of Surgery, Denver Health, Denver, Colorado, USA
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2 Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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David H Livingston
3 Department of Surgery, Rutgers, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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4 Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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5 Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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6 Department of Surgery, Inova Fairfax Medical Center, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
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Tube thoracostomy during the COVID-19 pandemic: guidance and recommendations from the AAST Acute Care Surgery and Critical Care Committees
Fredric M Pieracci, Clay Cothren Burlew, David Spain, David H Livingston, Eileen M Bulger, Kimberly A Davis, Christopher Michetti
Trauma Surg Acute Care Open Apr 2020, 5 (1) e000498; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000498

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Tube thoracostomy during the COVID-19 pandemic: guidance and recommendations from the AAST Acute Care Surgery and Critical Care Committees
Fredric M Pieracci, Clay Cothren Burlew, David Spain, David H Livingston, Eileen M Bulger, Kimberly A Davis, Christopher Michetti
Trauma Surg Acute Care Open Apr 2020, 5 (1) e000498; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000498
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Fredric M Pieracci, Clay Cothren Burlew, David Spain, David H Livingston, Eileen M Bulger, Kimberly A Davis, Christopher Michetti
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open Apr 2020, 5 (1) e000498; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000498
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    • Creation of a thoracic procedure team
    • Creation of an institutional algorithm for thoracic procedures
    • Creation of an equipment bag (‘go bag’) for tube thoracostomy
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