Needle aspiration (needle or angiocatheter left in situ) vs intercostal tube drainage
All‐cause mortality during hospital stay · patients with pneumothorax in the newborn
It is very uncertain whether needle aspiration (needle or angiocatheter left in situ) 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 1.5 [0.27, 8.45]1 study · 72 participantsVery low