Data complete?
Evaluation appropriate?
Estimated pleural fluid drainage over 24 hours
Estimated 24-hour pleural fluid drainage per kilogram body weight
Can you think about removing the chest tube?
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Purpose: To remove a chest tube placed to drain a parapneumonic effusion secondary to community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).
Specialty: Infectious Diseases, Pulmonology
Objective: selection, response to therapy
ICD-10: J12, J13, J14, J15, J16, J17, J18,
