Template:Chest tube size table: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 12:11, 18 July 2020

Chest Tube Size	Type of Patient	Underlying Causes
Small (8-14 Fr)	Most spontaneous pneumothorax (primary and secondary) Most iatrogenic pneumothorax	Alveolar-pleural fistulae (small air leak) Iatrogenic air
Medium (20-28 Fr)	Traumatic pneumothorax Traumatic hemothorax ("any acute hemothorax visible on chest radiograph")^[1]^[2] Pneumothorax on mechanical ventilation Non-traumatic tension pneumothorax Malignant effusion	Trauma/bleeding (hemothorax/hemopneumothorax) Bronchial-pleural fistulae (large air leak) Malignant fluid
Large (36-40 Fr)	Empyema	Thick pus

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 *[[Traumatic pneumothorax]]
-*Traumatic [[hemothorax]] ("any acute [[hemothorax]] that is visible on chest radiograph")<ref>Inaba Et. al J [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22327984 Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012 Feb;72(2):422-7.]</ref><ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30711226 Advanced Trauma Life Support® Update 2019: Management and Applications for Adults and Special Populations.]</ref>
+*Traumatic [[hemothorax]] ("any acute [[hemothorax]] visible on chest radiograph")<ref>Inaba Et. al J [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22327984 Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012 Feb;72(2):422-7.]</ref><ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30711226 Advanced Trauma Life Support® Update 2019: Management and Applications for Adults and Special Populations.]</ref>
 *[[Pneumothorax]] on mechanical ventilation
 *Non-traumatic [[tension pneumothorax]]