Open AccessClinical Analysis of the Treatment of Exudative Tuberculous Pleurisy with Central Venous Catheter Drainage
Author(s) -
Aijun Jia
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
advanced emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2315-456X
DOI - 10.18686/aem.v4i4.1
Subject(s) - medicine , central venous catheter , pleurisy , surgery , catheter , gastroenterology , pleural effusion
Objective: To evaluate the clinical effect of the treatment of exudative tuberculous pleurisy with central venous catheter drainage. Methods: 60 cases of exudative tuberculous pleurisy were divided into two groups. The treatment group was treatedwith central venous catheter drainage, while the control group was treated with multipleconventional thoracentesis. Results: The clinical effect of the treatment group was significantlyhigher in comparison to the control group ( p < 0.01). The adverse reaction of the treatment group was significantly lower in contrast to the control group ( p < 0.01). Conclusion: Application of central venous catheter drainage in the treatment of exudativetuberculous pleurisy revealed a positive effect, by showing less adverse reaction.Therefore, the treatment is worth to be promoted for clinical application.