Quick reference pathology pictures
Posted by adminSep 9
Sep 9
Aug 20
Chest Tubes
1- What are chest tubes used for?
2- Where exactly is a chest placed?
3- How does the three-chamber system work?
4- Can suction be bad for the patient?
5- What is the difference between exudate and transudate, and why do we care?
6- What is an effusion?
7- How are effusions treated?
8- When should a chest tube for effusions be removed?
9- What is pleurodesis?
10- How are malignant effusions treated?
11- What is streptokinase used for when it is given through a chest tube?
12- What is empyema?
13- What exactly is an air leak?
14- How can you tell if the chest tube port is out of the chest?
15- How can this be fixed?
16- Are air leaks good or bad?
17- Would that be a bad situation?
18- What is the black button on top of the pleurevac for?
19- What is tube “stripping”?
20- How could I tell if a patient were developing a tension situation in her chest?
21- What is a pulsus paradoxus?
22- Should you ever clamp a chest tube?
23- What if the chest tube gets pulled out by mistake?
24- What is “water seal”?
25- What is subcutaneous emphysema, and what does it have to do with chest tubes?