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Digital Versus Analog Pleural Drainage in Patients With Pulmonary Air Leak

NCT01566032 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2017-07-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The amount of air leaking from a chest tube can be measured in two main ways:

1. electronic monitor connected to the chest tube
2. numerical (non-electronic) monitor connected to the chest tube

For people who have had lung surgery, it is important to understand the impact of measuring air leaks accurately in both the short term and the long term. An electronic medical device called Thopaz measures air leak electronically. Another medical device called Pleur-evac measures air leak numerically. The purpose of this study is to understand the accuracy of the method used by doctors and nurses to determine if a chest tube has an air leak. It is also important to determine the size or severity of an air leak.

Conditions

  • Pulmonary Air Leak

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sebastien Gilbert, MD · Ottawa Hospital/Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-01-31
Primary Completion
2012-11-30
Completion
2012-11-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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