All About Chest Tubes

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Across
  1. 3. Happens when air is in the pleural space.
  2. 4. Fluctuations in the water-seal chamber with respiratory effort.
  3. 6. When air or fluid enters the pleural space the thoracic pressure gradient is disrupted and the lung ______.
  4. 7. Excessive fluid in the pleural space.
  5. 9. Chest tube drainage system that has a dry suction control chamber
  6. 10. Bubbling in the water seal chamber means there is an ____ ____.
Down
  1. 1. The drainage system should always be _____ than the chest tube insertion site to promote gravity drainage and prevent backflow into the pleural space.
  2. 2. This serves as a one way valve that prevents air and fluid from returning to the pleural space.
  3. 3. Chest tubes are used to drain the ________.
  4. 4. A life-threatening condition in air is trapped in the pleural space and displaces mediastinal structures, compromising cardiopulmonary function is a _______ pneumothorax.
  5. 5. Avoid _______ loops or kinks because they create back pressure and decrease the effectiveness of suction.
  6. 8. Doing this to the tubing is not recommended because it can increase negative pressures.