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The procedure has embedded itself as a rapid method to decompress air or fluid in the chest cavity since its original description in 1995, with a complication rate equal to or better than the out-of-hospital insertion of indwelling pleural catheters. A literature review was performed to explore potential negative implications of open thoracostomies and discuss its role in mechanically ventilated patients without clinical features of pneumothorax.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Main findings<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A rapid review of key healthcare databases showed a significant rate of complications associated with pre-hospital open thoracostomies. Of 352 thoracostomies included in the final analysis, 10.6% (n\u2009=\u200938) led to complications of which most were related to operator error or infection (n\u2009=\u200926). 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