Establishing Safe Drainage Limits for Pleural Chest Tube Removal.

Withdrawn before enrolling

Conditions studied: Thoracic Surgery, Thoracic Trauma

In brief

The purpose of the study is to evaluate a safe threshold for when to remove chest tubes in patients based on the amount of drainage present.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00574002

Run by

University of Missouri, Kansas City

People needed

0

Starts

2007-12-01

Expected to finish

2009-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-01-09

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Presence of at least one chest tube
• No air leak present
• Fluid is not infected
• Pleural drainage of fluid was an indication for placement of the chest tube
• Patient is post-thoracic surgery
• Patient is post-thoracic trauma
• Informed consent obtained

You may not qualify if…

• Presence of air leak
• Infected pleural fluid
• Active intra-thoracic bleeding
• Thoracic empyema
• Non-removal of chest tube (i.e.: expired)
• Pregnancy
• Less than 18 years of age
• Unable to obtain informed consent

Where it is running

• Truman Medical Center — Kansas City, Missouri, United States

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