After trauma to chest, blood will be collected inside chest cavity which can be removed using drainage tube ,but blood clots cannot be removed. So we can instill normal saline so.that blood can be dislodged. This is done in patients with blood in chest cavity after trauma

A COMPARATIVE STUDY TO EVALUATE THE CLINICAL OUTCOME OF CONVENTIONAL THORACOSTOMY TUBE INSERTION VERSUS THORACOSTOMY TUBE INSERTION FOLLOWED BY THORACIC IRRIGATION AMONG PATIENTS WITH TRAUMATIC HEMOTHORAX IN REDUCTION OF RETAINED HEAMOTHORAX - NIL

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2025/03/083167

Enrollment

Registered

2025-03-24

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical

Interventions

Intervention1: Thoracic Lavage: Five-hundred milliliters of warm sterile 0.9% saline was then instilled into the chest tube followed by immediate evacuation of the fluid. An additional 500mL was aga

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients who are having traumatic hemothorax and hemopneumothorax Patients presenting within 24 hrs of trauma

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patient who dies within 24 hours of admission Hemodynamically unstable patients

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Presence or abscence retained hemothorax Early resolution of hemothoraxTimepoint: 72 hrs ater chest tube insertion to look for retained hemothorax After 30 days to look for empyema thoracis	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
To compare the reduction in secondary intervention like reinsertion of intercostal drainage tube. Need for surgery for retained hemothoraxTimepoint: 1 month since incudent;To compare the reduction in secondary intervention like reinsertion of intercostal drainage tube. Need for surgery for retained hemothoraxTimepoint: One month since intervention	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactA Jeyandra Aadhithan

Bangalore medical College and Research Institute

srininm67@gmail.com9845177079

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026