Diagnosed with pneumothorax

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Your patient has a left chest tube in place after being diagnosed with a pneumothorax. During rounds after receiving report, you note continuous bubbling in the chest tube drainage system. Crepitus is also present at the insertion site. These findings are consistent with a(n):

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