Respiratory nurse specialists are urging hospitals to ensure they are following best practice in relation to pleural effusion chest drains, following two patient deaths. The Association of Respiratory ...

Thopaz+ becomes first system in newly created digital chest drainage category, available to over 1,400 hospitals within Vizient’s national network ...

Pioneering research, which reveals digital chest drains generate and distribute less aerosol generated particles compared to traditional water seal systems, has been published in the Seminars in ...

Thopaz+ (Medela UK) is a portable digital chest drain system that provides regulated negative pressure close to the patient's chest and continuously monitors and records air leak and fluid drainage.

Atrium delivers the ultimate in patient protection and chest drain setup convenience. The Atrium Express™ chest drain offers not only precision dry suction regulation, but the added security of a bump ...

September 21, 2009 (Vienna, Austria) — Junior doctors need more structured training on chest drain insertion, British researchers reported here at the European Respiratory Society 19th Annual Congress ...

A nurse and doctor in west Essex have won a prestigious innovation award for developing a new cancer care regime. The service allows patients with fluid build-up on their lungs to be managed at home ...

The committee noted that the evidence presented for Thopaz+ was mainly for its use in patients after pulmonary resection. The clinical experts confirmed that this reflected their experience in the NHS ...