Pleural effusions (post-op) WITH/WITHOUT drainage system

[Danijgrodrigues]

I'm a physiotherapy student in Portugal and I am interested in knowing your opinion on how to treat such cases since they are quite common in chest surgerys.

Mainly, I would like to know if there is any difference between the treatment done to a patient with drains and and without...

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[hasanj]

Hi @all
we can use positive pressure when ther is drainage system,also we can use the positeve pressure ,when the effusion in small amount.
I myself put the patient in drainage position (WITdrainage system) to help draine