Digital chest drain in paediatric surgical patients
Heewon Yoon & Merrill McHoney | April 15, 2026
Papers
This quality improvement project evaluated the safety and feasibility of introducing a digital chest drain system in paediatric surgical patients. Retrospective data from 49 patients showed the digital drain was used in older and heavier children and demonstrated a trend toward shorter chest drain duration compared with underwater drainage, without…
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