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Chest Drain Regular Flushing in Complicated Parapneumonic Effusions and Empyemas
RECRUITING
18 years and over
Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients with complicated parapneumonic pleural effusion and empyema requiring chest tube placement as standard of care for inpatient management of their pleural space infection with or without intrapleural tissue plasminogen activator and deoxyribonuclease therapy
* Age \> 18 years old.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients who have surgical tubes that can't accommodate a three-way stopcock.
* Study subject has any disease or condition that interferes with the safe completion of the study.
* Inability to provide informed consent.
* Inability to undergo a chest X-ray.
* If the managing clinician believes the chest tube will be placed for less than 24 hours.
* Patients with an indwelling pleural catheter (IPC)OTHER: Saline Flush
Empyema, Pleural, Pleural Infection
empyema, pleural infection, chest tube, saline flush
Samira Shojaee, MD, MPH - samira.shojaee@vumc.org
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NCT06427538