Outpatient Chest Tube Management Following Thoracic Resection Improves Patient Length of Stay and Satisfaction Without Compromising Outcomes

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Total Enrollment

12 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-03-31

Study Completion Date

2014-01-31

Brief Summary

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Discharging patients home with air leak and chest tube to portable drainage device after thoracic resection is cost effective and safe without compromising patients outcome or satisfaction. Despite good outcomes this practice is not done universally by thoracic surgeons.

Detailed Description

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Medical chart database to identify patients ,of one thoracic surgeon over the last seven years, who underwent thoracic resection and were discharged home with an air leak and chest tube to portable drainage device was completed. Once all patients were identified, all possible vulnerable patients were discarded. Written consent for participation was obtained by eligible patients and subjects willing to participate were given further explanation of the study. All willing participants completed an Outpatient Chest Tube Quality of Life Questionnaire. Upon completion of the questionnaire participants involvement in the study was complete. Data was collected and correlations between variables statistically analysed to determine significant factors affecting care.

Conditions

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Lung Cancer Pneumothorax Subcutaneous Emphysema

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Outpatient chest tubes

All patients, mixed gender, race, and age, who underwent thoracic resection by one surgeon over the past seven years and discharged home with air leak present and chest tube to portable drainage device.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* all patients 18-89,
* all genders,
* all patients undergoing thoracic resection,
* all patients discharged with chest tube

Exclusion Criteria

* minors,
* all patients \> 90 years old,
* all mentally challenged,
* all non-English speaking patients

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

89 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Responsible Party

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Jeremy Smith

Registered Nurse

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Jeremy S Smith, BSN

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Alliance of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgeons

Locations

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Memorial Hospital

Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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MEM Chest tube study

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id