Needle aspiration (needle removed immediately after aspiration) vs intercostal tube drainage
All‐cause mortality during hospital stay · patients with pneumothorax in the newborn
It is very uncertain whether needle aspiration (needle removed immediately after aspiration) changes mortality during hospitalisation compared with intercostal tube drainage (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Needle aspiration versus intercostal tube drainage for pneumothorax in the newborn 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 3.92 [0.88, 17.58]1 study · 70 participantsVery low