TY  - JOUR
AU  - Van Linden, Arnaud
AU  - Hecker, Florian
AU  - Courvoisier, Delphine S.
AU  - Arsalan, Mani
AU  - Köhne, Josepha
AU  - Brei, Christina
AU  - Holubec, Tomas
AU  - Walther, Thomas
PY  - 2019
TI  - Reduction of drainage-associated complications in cardiac surgery with a digital drainage system: a randomized controlled trial
JF  - Journal of Thoracic Disease; Vol 11, No 12 (December 31, 2019): Journal of Thoracic Disease
Y2  - 2019
KW  - 
N2  - Background: Thoracic chest drains are placed after cardiac surgery allowing for the clearance of blood, fluid, and air to prevent post-operative complications. Despite its importance, there is little data on the application of digital chest drainage systems in cardiac surgery. Therefore, the differences between an analog and a digital chest drainage system in cardiac surgery patients were investigated in a randomized controlled trial.  Methods: A total of 354 elective cardiac surgery patients were preoperatively randomized 1:1 between September 2016 and September 2017 to either an analog (Ocean) or a digital (Thopaz+) chest drainage system aiming to compare drainage-associated postoperative outcome parameters.  Results: A total of 340 patients were included in the analysis (analog: 188; digital: 152) with no significant differences in preoperative baseline parameters. Incidence of X-rays to detect air leaks was significantly lower in the digital group (analog: 20.2%; digital: 8.6%; P
UR  - https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/34402