Page 6 - Chest Tube With Under-water Seal Drainage
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                                                                                                                                                  PURPOSE










             • To drain air, blood, bile, pus, or other fluids.






             • Whether the accumulation of air or fluid is the result of rapid traumatic filling with air
                 or blood or an insidious malignant exudative fluid, placement of a chest tube allows

                 for continuous, large volume drainage until the underlying pathology can be more

                 formally addressed.
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