Traumatic Pneumothorax
Conditions
Keywords
Trauma, Pneumothorax
Brief summary
A small 14-French(F) pigtail catheter (PC) has been shown to work equally well with traditional 32-40F chest tube (CT), especially in traumatic pneumothorax. There are no clinical data on tube-site pain. The investigators hypothesize that PC tube site pain is less than CT.
Detailed description
Primary outcome: - Tube site pain * Pain medication requirement Secondary outcome: failure rate insertion-related complication
Interventions
DEVICEPigtail catheter insertion (Cook)
insertion of pigtail catheter to decompress pneumothorax
DEVICEchest tube (28-French)
inserting chest tube to decompress pneumothorax
Sponsors
University of Arizona
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 90 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* 18 years old and above * Suffer traumatic pneumothorax that requires chest tube insertion
Exclusion criteria
* Emergency chest tube insertion * patient refuses * patient is unable to provide or rate pain assessment * prisoner * pregnancy * patient with GCS less than 13
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change in Tube-site pain, pain medication requirement | day 0, 1, 2 |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| failure rate | patients will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 2 weeks |
| Insertion-related complication | day 0 |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed