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Morphine, Fentanyl
Opioid analgesics
Essential for controlling sever pleuritic and chest tube insertion pain, enabling adequate coughing, deep breathing, inspiratory effort
Lorazepam, Midazolam
Benzodiazepines
Administered to control procedural and respiratory anxiety
Lidocaine
Local anesthetics
Infiltrated into chest wall tissue prior to tube insertion
premedication
Administer analgesics 30-60 mins prior to chest tube removal