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| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''[[Chest Tube]] Size'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''[[Chest Tube]] Size'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Type of Pneumothorax Patients'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Type of Patient'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Underlying Cause'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Underlying Causes'''
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| Small (8-14 Fr)||
| Small (8-14 Fr)||
*Most [[spontaneous pneumothorax|spontaneous]] and [[iatrogenic pneumothorax|iatrogenic]]  
*Most [[spontaneous pneumothorax]] (primary and secondary)
||Alveolar-pleural fistulae (small air leak)
*Most [[iatrogenic pneumothorax]]
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*Alveolar-pleural fistulae (small air leak)
*Iatrogenic air
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| Medium (20-28 Fr)||
| Medium (20-28 Fr)||
*On mechanical ventilation  
*[[Traumatic pneumothorax]]
*Bronchial dehiscence
*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>
||Bronchial-pleural fistulae (large air leak)
*[[Pneumothorax]] on mechanical ventilation
*Non-traumatic [[tension pneumothorax]]
*Malignant effusion
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*Trauma/bleeding (hemothorax/hemopneumothorax)
*Bronchial-pleural fistulae (large air leak)
*Malignant fluid
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| Large (36-40 Fr)||
| Large (36-40 Fr)||
*[[traumatic pneumothorax|Traumatic]]
*[[Empyema]]
||Bleeding (Hemothorax/hemopneumothorax)
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*Thick pus
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Latest revision as of 12:11, 18 July 2020

Adult Chest Tube Sizes

Chest Tube Size Type of Patient Underlying Causes
Small (8-14 Fr)
  • Alveolar-pleural fistulae (small air leak)
  • Iatrogenic air
Medium (20-28 Fr)
  • Trauma/bleeding (hemothorax/hemopneumothorax)
  • Bronchial-pleural fistulae (large air leak)
  • Malignant fluid
Large (36-40 Fr)
  • Thick pus
  1. ↑ Inaba Et. al J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012 Feb;72(2):422-7.
  2. ↑ Advanced Trauma Life Support® Update 2019: Management and Applications for Adults and Special Populations.
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