An air-filled syringe (A) is used to inflate the balloon at the catheter tip (inset). An accessory infusion port (B) is present in most catheters and connects to a lumen 30 cm from the catheter ...

To provide local anesthesia, you will need a 10-ml syringe filled with 2% ... characterized by a curled, blunt tip (hence the name “pigtail catheter”), in combination with ultrasound guidance ...

The percent delivery from the syringe and through the tube was better with the larger diameter tubes, perhaps because the size 8 French tube would not accommodate a catheter-tip syringe ...