Chest Tubes

Question 0

Do a pneumoectomy patient get a lung tube?

Answer 0

No. Every other lung surgeries and procedures do though.

Question 1

Do we lay patients down on the good lung with an abscess?

Answer 1

No. Because it can drain to to good lung.

Question 2

How big are chest tubes?

Answer 2

28F - 32F

Question 3

Where are chest tubes usually inserted?

Answer 3

From 5th ICS but could be anywhere from 2nd ICS to 9th ICS