Shortening the lenght of stay in patients with pneumothorax by pleurodesis with autologous blood.
- Conditions
- collapsed lungpneumothorax10035597
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON30504
- Lead Sponsor
- Medisch Centrum Alkmaar
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
eligible for the study, need to have tube insertion, air leak > 24 hours after thorax drian is inserted
Exclusion Criteria
post-operative pneumothorax, signs of bacteremia, pneumothorax as a result of multitrauma, recurrent pneumothorax
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Shorten length of stay</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>duration of air leak<br /><br>duration of drainage<br /><br>complications<br /><br>fever till 72 hours after pleurodesis<br /><br>fever after 72 hours after pleurodesis<br /><br>empyema<br /><br>positive culture of pleural fluid<br /><br>need to surgical intervention due to persistance of air lek (VATS, thoracotomy)<br /><br>recurrence rate within one month and after one year</p><br>