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Comparison of efficacy of patients own blood pleurodesis versus doxycycline pleurodesis in the management of persistent air leak in patients with secondary spontaneous pneumothorax

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Health Condition 1: J938- Other pneumothorax and air leak
Registration Number
CTRI/2020/09/027984
Lead Sponsor
o sponsor
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
38
Inclusion Criteria

1 Age >18

2 Patients with secondary spontaneous pneumothoraxand Persistent Air leak grade 1- 2

Exclusion Criteria

1 Previous history of pleurodesis

2 Traumatic spontaneous pneumothorax

3 Patients with underlying haematological disorders- coagulopathies

4 Patients with hypotension and other cardiopulmonary disease

5Known case of allergy to doxycycline .

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Autologous blood patch pleurodesis is a cheap,simple, well tolerated procedure with minimal side effects . If efficacy of Autologous blood patch pleurodesis is proven to be better or equal to theDoxycycline pleurodesis, it can be used as the pleurodising agent of choice in secondary spontaneous pneumothorax.Timepoint: Every day till 7th day after procedure
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The rate of complications after blood patch pleurodesis and doxycycline pleurodesis.Timepoint: Every day till 7th day after procedure
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