Blockage
Clinical Features
- Catheter is not draining
- Fluid in the drainage system is not swinging with respiration
- Pain
Causes of Intercostal Catheter Blockage
- Clot in the catheter / tubing
- Kinking of the catheter / tubing
- Catheter not in the correct position
- Drainage system is above the level of the chest
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