Health Condition 1: - Health Condition 2: S272- Traumatic hemopneumothorax
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Low pressure negative pleural suction: During the study, Group 1 patients will be connected to a -20 cm H2O continuous negative suction system, which was interrupted only by the change
Sponsors
King George Medical University, Lucknow
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. All patients more than 15 years of age. 2. Patients who diagnosed with traumatic pneumothorax, hemothorax or hemopneumothorax (penetrating or blunt) will be enrolled.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Not giving consent 2. Patients with history of pulmonary diseases or heart failure chronic pulmonary diseases (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diffuse interstitial lung disease) 3. Active tuberculosis 4. Patients with multiple injuries with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) and Glasgow Coma Scale score less than 8 of 15
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To establish the benefits of chest tube use with negative pleural suction compared with the underwater seal drainage system in patients with thoracic trauma.Timepoint: Outcomes will be accessed clinically and radiologically every 24 hourly. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. To study the incidence of complications, such as persistent air leak, coagulated hemothorax, empyema, recurrent pneumothorax. 2.To study the length of hospitalization 3.To study the need for additional surgeries (new chest tube, thoracostomy, or thoracotomy). Timepoint: Outcomes will be accessed every 24 hourly | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Vaibhav Jaiswal
King George Medical University, Lucknow
Outcome results
None listed