# chest tube

> type of surgical drain, plastic tubing used for drainage of air or fluid from the pleural space

**Wikidata**: [Q1969019](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1969019)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chest_tube)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/chest-tube


## References

1. [Biographisches Jahrbuch und Deutscher Nekrolog](https://archive.org/details/BiographischesJahrbuchUndDeutscherNekrologBd051900/page/314/mode/1up)
2. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
3. UMLS 2023
4. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)