Pleural Effusion Following Cardiac Surgery: Prevalence, Risk Factors and Clinical Features

NCT00665015 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 2892

Last updated 2008-04-23

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Summary

Pleural effusion is a common complication of cardiac surgery. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence, characteristics and determinants of clinically significant pleural effusions, defined as those requiring therapeutic pleural drainage.

Conditions

  • Pleural Effusion
  • Coronary Artery Bypass

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Laval University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Louis-Philippe Boulet, MD, FRCP(C) · Unité de Recherche en Pneumologie, Hôpital Laval

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-01-31
Primary Completion
2005-12-31
Completion
2006-10-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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