Telemedicine-guided thoracentesis of tension pneumothorax in a term newborn.

We describe a case of a term female infant born in a rural community hospital and who developed a left-sided spontaneous tension pneumothorax shortly after birth. We used telemedicine to guide the family physician and healthcare team at the referring hospital to perform a life-saving thoracentesis using an intravenous cannula. The cannula was kept in place to drain the persistent pneumothorax during transportation to the pediatric intensive care unit at the tertiary hospital.

Citation

Ayman Abou Mehrem, Ashley Blagdon, Jaco Hoffman, Salma Dossani, Christine Anderson, Tanya Spence, Eli Gilad. Telemedicine-guided thoracentesis of tension pneumothorax in a term newborn. Journal of telemedicine and telecare. 2021 Jul 26:1357633X211034316

PMID: 34310235

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