Adult Health
1930 – Client reports pain at the chest tube insertion site 4/10, described as a 'soreness' and precipitated with movement—puffiness and crackling at the insertion site upon palpation. Tidaling was seen in the water seal chamber with intermittent bubbling. The suction control chamber had no bubbling and was filled to – 20 cm.
Chest tube at (-) 20 cm with wall suction
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- A. Pain at the insertion site
- B. Tidaling in the water seal chamber
- C. Intermittent bubbling in the water seal chamber
- D. No bubbling in the suction control chamber
- E. Puffiness and crackling at insertion site upon palpation.
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