A man in his 70s died from an injury suffered during a chest drain procedure after heart surgery. A junior doctor caused an injury to a patient’s spleen when he attempted to insert a drain into the ...

A man’s rights were breached by a doctor’s post operative care, the Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner has found. In a report released today, Carolyn Cooper found the doctor breached Rights 4 ...

A senior doctor has rejected claims his insertion of a chest drain contributed to a baby's cardiac arrest, Lucy Letby's murder trial has heard. Manchester Crown Court heard the girl, referred to as ...

A GRIEVING son wants answers after his mother died at Southend Hospital. Sandra Quade was admitted to the hospital with pneumonia and died as a result of complications from a chest drain in January ...

The parents of a premature baby who died after her heart was accidentally pierced during a chest-drain procedure in hospital have settled a High Court action over her death eight years ago. Baby ...

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 ...

Pleural Dynamics, Inc. today announced positive results from a prospective, multicenter study evaluating its Automatic ...