After an abdominal cholecystectomy, a client has a T-tube attached to a collection device. On the day of surgery, at 10:30 PM, 300 mL of bile is emptied from the collection bag. At 6:30 AM the next day, the bag contains 60 mL of bile. What should the nurse consider in response to this information?
a. The T-tube may have to be irrigated
b. The bile is now draining into the duodenum
c. Mechanical problems may have developed with the T-tube
d. Suction must be reestablished in the portable drainage system
Answer: c. Mechanical problems may have developed with the T-tube
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