Risk of Pneumothorax With and Without Chest Tube Clamping in Patients With Pleural Pathology

National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Mexico

Status

Completed

Conditions

Pneumothorax

Pleural Diseases

Chest Tube

Treatments

Procedure: Non Clampling

Procedure: Clamping

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05243316

C58-21

Details and patient eligibility

About

Through this randomized controlled clinical trial, we aim to identify whether there is a difference in the incidence of 24 hour pneumothorax after chest tube removal, in two blindly randomized groups of patients: The first group with chest tube clamping 6 hours prior to removal, and the second group there will be no chest tube clamping.

The data will be prospectively collected from patient records from the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases Ismael Cosío Villegas.

Full description

Patients with an indication of chest tube removal will be randomized to two possible arms: clamping (for 6 hours before removal) or not clamping (immediate removal).

Incidence of 24hour pneumothorax after chest tube removal will be recorded.

Enrollment

93 patients

Sex

All

Ages

16+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients aged 16 years and more.
Patients hospitalized in the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases.
Patients who had a chest tube placement during their stay at the hospital, by any cause.

Exclusion criteria

Patients who refuse to sign the informed consent and who refuse to participate in the study.
Patients who die before randomization.
Patients who gets chest tube removal before being randomized.