PMID: 8610950May 1, 1996Paper

Necessity of routine chest roentgenography after thoracentesis

Annals of Internal Medicine
J J DoyleR S Howard

Abstract

To determine the necessity of posteroanterior chest roentgenography for the identification of pneumothorax and other complications after thoracentesis. Prospective cohort study. Tertiary care teaching hospital. 67 men and 43 women (mean age +/- SD, 62.4 +/- 13.2 years). Exclusion criteria included age younger than 18 years, concurrent pleural biopsy, ultrasound guidance, and use of mechanical ventilation. 174 thoracenteses done between March 1991 and June 1993. 2 hemothoraces (1.2%) occurred, and 8 patients had a total of 9 pneumothoraces (5.2%). The roentgenograms obtained immediately after the procedures identified 8 pneumothoraces; the other pneumothorax was seen incidentally on a delayed roentgenogram obtained 3 days later. Pneumothorax was suspected in 5 of the 8 cases, and tube thoracostomy was done in 4 of these 5 cases. Patients with unsuspected pneumothorax identified on the roentgenogram obtained immediately after the procedure did not receive treatment for their pneumothoraces. Univariate analysis showed that the variables that correlated significantly with pneumothorax were aspiration of air during the procedure (relative risk ratio, 12.3; 95% CI, 3.7 to 41.4), number of passes with the thoracentesis needle (relativ...Continue Reading

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