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Outpatient Chest Tube Management Following Thoracic Resection Improves Patient Length of Stay and Satisfaction Without Compromising Outcomes

NCT01551082 · Status: TERMINATED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 12

Last updated 2016-12-12

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Summary

Discharging patients home with air leak and chest tube to portable drainage device after thoracic resection is cost effective and safe without compromising patients outcome or satisfaction. Despite good outcomes this practice is not done universally by thoracic surgeons.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Alliance of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jeremy S Smith, BSN · Alliance of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgeons

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
89 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-03-31
Primary Completion
2014-01-31
Completion
2014-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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