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Variability in paediatric cardiac postoperative chest tube management

Part of: Surgery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 September 2018

Anne C. Taylor ,
Katherine E. Bates  and
Alaina K. Kipps
Anne C. Taylor
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Katherine E. Bates
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan School of Medicine, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Alaina K. Kipps*
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford, Palo Alto, CA, USA
*
Author for correspondence: A. K. Kipps, MD, MS, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Stanford School of Medicine, 750 Welch Rd #325, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. Tel: +650 498 2699; Fax: +650 725 8343; E-mail: akipps@stanford.edu
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Abstract

Limited evidence exists to guide chest tube management following cardiac surgery in children. We assessed chest tube practice variation by surveying paediatric heart centres to prepare for a multi-site quality improvement project. We summarised management strategies highlighting variability in criteria for chest tube removal between and within centres. This lack of standardisation provides an opportunity for quality improvement.

Keywords

Chest tubepaediatric cardiothoracic surgeryquality improvement
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 28 , Issue 12 , December 2018 , pp. 1471 - 1474
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2018 

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