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case_images: Last available preintervention chest X-ray showing kinking of chest tube #1 in the subcutaneous tissue (arrow).
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case_images: The last available CXR (Figure 1) prior to the desaturation event revealed subcutaneous kinking of the chest tube.
case_images: Interior of chest tube #2 showing that the lumen is distally occluded by a blood clot.
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case_images: A flexible disposable bronchoscope (Ambu Scope 4 Bronchoscope Large 5 mm/2.8 mm) was inserted into chest tube #2 to visualize the blood clot (Figure 2).
case_images: The blood clot extracted in its entirety from chest tube #2.
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case_images: A five-second freeze time was applied, followed by the successful removal of the blood clot (Figure 3), thereby restoring patency to chest tube #2 (Figure 4).
case_images: Interior of chest tube #2 showing patency restored.
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case_images: A five-second freeze time was applied, followed by the successful removal of the blood clot (Figure 3), thereby restoring patency to chest tube #2 (Figure 4).
case_images: Chest tube #1 shows a kink at the level of the intercostal space.
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case_images: The bronchoscope was subsequently inserted into chest tube #1, revealing a kink that hindered drainage (Figure 5).
case_images: Postintervention chest X-ray showing improved kinking in chest tube #1 and fully expended lung in a patient with COVID-19 respiratory failure on mechanical ventilation.
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case_images: Bedside lung ultrasound showed lung sliding, and a supine chest X-ray displayed expanded lungs with no pneumothorax (Figure 6).