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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 Patient'''
| 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)||
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*Pneumothorax on mechanical ventilation  
*Pneumothorax on mechanical ventilation  
*Malignant effusion
*Malignant effusion
||Bronchial-pleural fistulae (large air leak)
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*Bronchial-pleural fistulae (large air leak)
*Malignant fluid
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| Large (36-40 Fr)||
| Large (36-40 Fr)||
*[[Traumatic pneumothorax]]
*[[Traumatic pneumothorax]]
*[[Empyema]]
*[[Empyema]]
||Bleeding (Hemothorax/hemopneumothorax)
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*Bleeding (Hemothorax/hemopneumothorax)
*Thick pus
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Revisión del 13:19 13 may 2015

Adult Chest Tube Sizes

Chest Tube Size Type of Patient Underlying Causes
Small (8-14 Fr) Alveolar-pleural fistulae (small air leak)
Medium (20-28 Fr)
  • Pneumothorax on mechanical ventilation
  • Malignant effusion
  • Bronchial-pleural fistulae (large air leak)
  • Malignant fluid
Large (36-40 Fr) *
  • Bleeding (Hemothorax/hemopneumothorax)
  • Thick pus