Chest Tube Drainage of Transudative Pleural Effusions Hastens Liberation From Mechanical Ventilation

Completed

Conditions studied: Liberation From Mechanical Ventilation

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether chest tubes to drain transudative pleural effusions helps patients come off mechanical ventilation earlier.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01104285

Run by

Maimonides Medical Center

People needed

198

Starts

2010-03-01

Expected to finish

2010-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-05-23

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Patients with transudative pleural effusion and requiring mechanical ventilation

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with coagulopathy

Where it is running

• Maimonides Medical Center — Brooklyn, New York, United States

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