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Adult Chest Tube Sizes

Chest Tube Size	Type of Patient	Underlying Cause
Small (8-14 Fr)	Most spontaneous and iatrogenic pneumothoraxes	Alveolar-pleural fistulae (small air leak)
Medium (20-28 Fr)	Pneumothorax on mechanical ventilation Malignant effusion	Bronchial-pleural fistulae (large air leak)
Large (36-40 Fr)	Traumatic pneumothorax Empyema	Bleeding (Hemothorax/hemopneumothorax)