Early chest tube removal following cardiac surgery is associated with pleural and/or pericardial effusions requiring invasive treatment | Zendy

Jan Jesper Andreasen | Zendy; Gustav Valentin Blichfeldt Sørensen | Zendy; Emil Riis Abrahamsen | Zendy; Erika Hansen-Nord | Zendy; Kristian Bundgaard Ringgren | Zendy; Mette Dahl Bendtsen | Zendy; Pernille Troelsen | Zendy

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Early chest tube removal following cardiac surgery is associated with pleural and/or pericardial effusions requiring invasive treatment

Author(s) -

Jan Jesper Andreasen,

Gustav Valentin Blichfeldt Sørensen,

Emil Riis Abrahamsen,

Erika Hansen-Nord,

Kristian Bundgaard Ringgren,

Mette Dahl Bendtsen,

Pernille Troelsen

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1093/ejcts/ezv005

Subject(s) - medicine , chest tube , surgery , pleural effusion , pericardial effusion , cardiac surgery , pericardial fluid , cardiothoracic surgery , pneumothorax

Different opinions exist as to when chest tube removal should be performed following cardiac surgery. The aim of this study was to compare early chest tube removal with removal of the tubes in the morning day 1 postoperatively. Primary combined end point was the risk of postoperative accumulation of fluid in the pericardial and/or pleural cavities requiring invasive treatment.

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