During the meeting, CM Dhami highlighted the serious issue of drainage systems in rapidly urbanising regions of Uttarakhand and urged the Centre to develop a sustainable national drainage policy to ...

Pleural infections unresponsive to chest tube drainage may require surgery or intrapleural fibrinolytics1, 3 Patients with incomplete evacuation or signs of persistent infection after 48 hours may ...

In the days that followed, drainage was limited, despite flushing with 100 mL saline ... A thoracostomy was performed urgently with a 28 French chest tube, which immediately drained 1 litre of blood.