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Sep 17, 2011 13:49
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Italian term

drenaggio toracico a caduta

Italian to English Other Medical (general)
How woul you translate "drenaggio toracico a caduta " in English?

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Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 chest drainage by gravity
4 gravity drainage (of the chest)

Proposed translations

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chest drainage by gravity

I found "chest drainage" and "gravity drainage" so I put them together and came up with "chest drainage by gravity".
Example sentence:

If suction is not operative, or if operating on gravity drainage [ .......]collection chamber to zero (atmosphere) with the resulting possibility of a pneumothorax

The middle chamber of a traditional chest drainage system is the water seal.

Peer comment(s):

agree SJLD : under gravity - IOW without suction
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gravity drainage (of the chest)

... as opposed to systems which use suction to aspirate the fluids, etc.

I liquidi drenati possono essere lasciati defluire liberamente dalla cavità ad impregnare le garze della medicazione, o raccolti per gravità (a caduta) in appositi recipienti o sacchetti sterili, oppure aspirati da adatti apparecchi ad aspirazione meccanica o da particolari sistemi a depressione ...
http://www.corriere.it/salute/dizionario/drenaggio/index.sht...

Closed chest drainage systems use gravity, suction, or
both to restore negative pressure and remove air, fluid,
and blood from the pleural space or the mediastinum.

http://www.datazap.net/sites/sim/sim/Nsg progs/CriticalCare/...

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