Chest Drain Regular Flushing in Complicated Parapneumonic Effusions and Empyemas
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Empyema, Pleural
Pleural Infection
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 and older
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Treatment
- Participants needed
- 96 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Other
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About This Trial
Infections of the pleural space are common, and patients require antibiotics and chest drain placement to evacuate the chest from the infected fluid. Chest drains can get blocked by the drainage fluid and material. For this reason, it is thought that flushing the chest drain with saline solution, can help maintain the patency of the tube. This proposed study will evaluate the impact of regular che…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients with complicated parapneumonic pleural effusion and empyema requiring chest tube placement as standard of care for inpatient management of their pleural space infection with or without intrapleural tissue plasminogen activator and deoxyribonuclease therapy
* Age \> 18…
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