Refractory pleural effusion after surgery Refractory pleural effusion
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. patients underwent cardiovascular surgery 2. Patients under 7 years of age at registration 3. Patients who satisfy any of the following drain drainage (pleural effusion) 3-1.Pleural effusion of 20 ml / kg / day or more after day 4 postoperative 3-2.Pleural effusion of 6 ml / kg / day or more after day 7 postoperative 4.Patients with consent from parents of patients
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Patients who had re-implanted drain after surgery 2.Cases in which lymphatic vessel damage is clearly suspected after side open thoracotomy 3.Patients with ECMO 4. Patients without sternum closure 5. Patients with congenital chylothorax 6.Patients diagnosed with or suspected of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis at registration 7.Hemolytic anemia at the time of enrollment, patients diagnosed or suspected as immunodeficiency 8. Patients whose daily pleural drainage volume has not been measured every day from postoperative to enrolled
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Daily pleural drainage volume per body weight at the 6 th day after the start of the study treatmen | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1.Amount of pleural effusion per body surface area at 6th day after the start of the study treatment 2.Presence or absence of patients whose pleural effluent volume at the 6th day after commencement was 1/2 or less of the day before the start of the study treatment 3.Presence or absence of surgical treatment for pleural effusion 4.Presence or absence of re-intervention | — |
Contacts
National Center for Child Health and Development