Clinical findings include ipsilateral hyperresonance and decreased breath sounds. Chest radiographs are typically diagnostic but may miss small or loculated injuries. Not all pneumothoraces ...

Moreover, thoracostomy tube placement is an aseptic procedure: clip and scrub the lateral aspect of the ... in the presence of a tube 5. A thoracic radiograph should be obtained before tube ...

Because the rabbit had an increased respiratory rate and inspiratory dyspnea, we recommended obtaining radiographs of the thoracic cavity. On radiographs taken in two planes (Fig. 2), we observed ...