What do you do when the tubing for a chest tube becomes clogged with fluid build up?
Clogging is the most common and serious complication of chest tube.
Milking and stripping are the two methods that are widely in use.
It is done to dislodge the clots that are attached to the sides of the tubings.
Milking and stripping is necessary to maintain the tube patency.
Milking technique simply means that squeezing of the tubing, it promotes drainage to the collection chamber.
Some of the studies shown that, there are some adverse effects for milking and stripping, such as increased intra thoracic pressure.
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