RETRACTED: Chest Tube Drainage of Transudative Pleural Effusions Hastens Liberation From Mechanical Ventilation

Pulmonary Complications After Elective Liver Transplantation—Incidence, Risk Factors, and Outcome

“…These atelectasis, in the postoperative setting, associated with diaphragmatic dysfunction related to upper abdominal surgery predispose patients to pneumonia (33,34). We believe that, in patients with pleural effusion and restrictive pattern, an intraoperative thoracocentesis may enable more rapid weaning from mechanical ventilation and reduce the incidence of pneumonia (35).…”

Ultrasonography evaluation during the weaning process: the heart, the diaphragm, the pleura and the lung

“…Table 3 summarizes an approach to pleural effusion that may have application to weaning from mechanical ventilatory support. On the basis of a single retrospective study [51], the clinician may consider the option of placing an indwelling catheter into the pleural space for continuous pleural effusion drainage as the patient approaches extubation attempt, rather than performing removal of the pleural fluid as a single event.…”

Utility of draining pleural effusions in mechanically ventilated patients

“…Our systematic review identified six studies of the effect of pleural drainage on oxygenation in mechanically ventilated patients [15,17,20,[31][32][33]; three additional studies have since been published 35]. Our systematic review identified six studies of the effect of pleural drainage on oxygenation in mechanically ventilated patients [15,17,20,[31][32][33]; three additional studies have since been published 35].…”