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Introducing a simple way to reduce sound air bubbles produce during chest tube suctioning

Background: Connecting the chest bottle system to suction apparatus is a common practice after thoracotomies. The loud and unpleasant sound of air bubbling in the chest bottle while connecting to suction, might be troublesome to the patient and others.this problem has not been considered appropriately until now. In our study we tried to solve it by making a simple device and connecting it to the chest bottle. Materials and methods:By connecting two little sized funnels using tapes, we made a device which can be connected to chest bottle and acts like a muffler and decrease the sound of bubbling caused by suctionin. Results:The dewice was used in 10 patients ,and their satisfaction following its use was increased due to the considerable suctioning sound decrease. Conclusion: This reduction of sound was sendible to both the patients and examiners. This simple easily accessible and cheap device can effectively reduce the sound of chest bottle suctioning.