The safety research of timing of the removal of pericardial and mediastinal drains after elective cardiac surgery

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Early Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

ChiCTR

Registry ID

ChiCTR2000031766

Enrollment

Unknown

Registered

2020-04-09

Start date

2020-04-20

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-04-13

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Conditions

Cardiac disease

Interventions

experimental group:remove the pericardial and mediastinal drains as long as the last 4 hour drainage is less than 40ml and it's more than 36 hours after surgery

control group:remove the pericardial and mediastinal drains when the volume of drainage less than 100ml within 24h

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 70 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Age between 18-70 years; 2. Preoperative echocardiagram shows EF value is no less than 40%; 3. Plan for elective sternotomy cardiac surgery, include: valve replacement, valveplasty, great vessals replacement, ASD repair, cardiac tumor removal; 4. Pericardial and mediastinal drains will be placed after surgery.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Postoperative suspected active bleeding or thoracic exploration; 2. Postoperative unstable hemodynamic; 3. Early postoperative ventricular fibrillation or cardiac arrest; 4. Early postoperative death; 5. Perative method change.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Total drainage volume;	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
postoperative length of hospital stay;	—

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactWu Zhong

West China Hospital of Sichuan University

wuzhong@wchscu.cn+86 18980606048

Outcome results

None listed

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