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If a chest tube is inserted to manage a hemothorax, and initial drainage of blood is greater than 1.2L, or if drainage is greater than 200 mL per hour for over 4 hrs, then a thoracotomy is indicated. If the patient is older than 60 years, and drainage is greater than 100 mL per hour for over 4 hrs, a thoracotomy is also indicated. If the patient does not meet these criteria but is hemodynamically unstable or difficult to ventilate then a thoractomy is still indicated.

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Sep 25, 2011
Reed AP, Yudkowitz FS. Clinical cases in anesthesia, 3rd ed. New York: Churchill Livingstone, 2005:481-493.
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