Clinical Trial Evaluating the Optimal Technique for Chest Tube Removal
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Chest Tube Removal
- Interventions
- Procedure: Chest tube pull on inspirationProcedure: Expiration
- Registration Number
- NCT00873587
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Brief Summary
There are two commonly used methods to remove chest tubes following thoracotomy. One is to remove the chest tube at maximum inspiration, (patient is asked to take a deep breath in and hold it), and the other is to pull the chest tube at maximum expiration,(patient is asked to blow out as much air as they can can and hold it). There has been considerable discussion among Thoracic surgeons that one of these two methods may decrease the risk of pneumothorax, the most common complication associated with chest tube removal. The investigators will compare the two methods, and also identify risk factors of developing pneumothorax during chest tube removal.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 342
Inclusion Criteria
- Patients who are post thoracotomy, pulmonary resection (wedge, lobectomy, segmentectomy, pneumonectomy), AND
- Have at least one chest tube.
Exclusion Criteria
- Less than 19 years old,
- With interstitial lung disease, OR
- Any patient intubated.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Inspiration Chest tube pull on inspiration - Expiration Expiration -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pneumothorax Within 4 hours after chest tube removal
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Morbidity 4 hours after chest tube removal
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of Alabama at Birmingham
🇺🇸Birmingham, Alabama, United States