An interventional study of Chest-Tube Insertion in Interprofessional Approach, Ultrasound and Intervention, sponsored by Tanta University. Completed at 1 site in Egypt. Open to participants aged 21 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-02-13.
Sponsored by Tanta University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
Investigate the efficacy of interprofessional team approach to ultrasound guided diagnosis and intervention (pigtail or chest tube insertion) in critical care patients with Pneumothorax and/or hemothorax.
Evaluate the safety of the procedure {Insertion- related complications. Assess the Duration of chest tube insertion
Pneumothorax is defined as the presence of air in the pleural cavity; it can be secondary to underlying pulmonary pathology or trauma. In trauma, about 40-50% of thoracic injuries develop pneumothorax. Traditionally, following the suggestion of the American College of Chest Physicians and the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), all traumatic pneumothoraxes must be treated with a pleural drainage that could be chest tube (CT) or pigtail catheter (PC).
Insertion of pleural drains is a common surgical procedure. Percutaneous pleural drainage is the third most performed procedure in the intensive care unit (ICU) after vascular catheterization and tracheal intubation.
Bedside-ultrasound is introducing the advantage of at-time diagnosis and evaluation of different parameters without the need for risky transport of critical patients outside ICU and also guiding safe and successful intervention without complications and good learning.
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Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.
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The Technique was performed according to combination of the BTS guidelines for chest tube insertion and US-guided technique for chest tube insertion by Dev et al. and Menegozzo et al. and US-guided pigtail insertion by Vetrugno et al
Diagnostic Test: Chest-Tube Insertion
The technique was performed according to a combination of the Chest-Tube Insertion (BTS) guidelines for chest tube insertion and ultrasound (US)-guided technique for chest tube insertion and US-guided pigtail insertion.
Efficacy of ultrasound diagnosis
Efficacy of ultrasound in intervention by Diagnosis of pneumothorax/hemothorax starting by physical examination followed by bed side ultrasound examination according to the international consensus conference recommendations (international evidence-based recommendations for point-of-care lung ultrasound)
Time frame: Diagnosis 24 hours
Efficacy of ultrasound in intervention
Efficacy of ultrasound in intervention used (chest tube /pigtail) was recoeded.
Time frame: 10 days after intervention
Monitoring team performance
Monitoring team performance: team satisfaction was recorded using a 5-point Likert scale team satisfaction (1, very dissatisfied; 2, dissatisfied; 3, Okey; 4, satisfied; 5, very satisfied) in our study as an item related to team performance
Time frame: 24 hours after intervention
Duration of insertion
Duration of insertion was recorded
Time frame: 30 minutes intervention
Incidence of complications
Incidence of complication were recorded such as infection, bleeding, visceral injury, and visceral injury.
Time frame: 72 hours after intervention
Plan to share: Yes — The data will be available upon a reasonable request from the corresponding author after the end of study for one year.
Supporting information: Study protocol
Time frame: After the end of study for one year.
Access criteria: The data will be available upon a reasonable request from the corresponding author.
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