• Respiratory investigation · Sep 2018

    Comparative Study

    Study of the usefulness of small-bore aspiration catheters (Aspiration Kit®) for treating pneumothorax.

    • Satoshi Takeda, Nobuhiko Nagata, Yuji Yoshida, Takemasa Matsumoto, Takashi Aoyama, Taishi Harada, Hiroyuki Miyazaki, Takanori Akagi, Shinichiro Ushijima, Hiroshi Yatsugi, Senichiro Mori, Kenji Wada, Daisuke Hamatake, Toshihiko Moroga, Masaki Fujita, and Kentaro Watanabe.
    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital, 1-1-1 Zokumyoin, Chikushino-city, Fukuoka 818-8502, Japan; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Fukuoka University Hospital, Japan. Electronic address: takedas@fukuoka-u.ac.jp.
    • Respir Investig. 2018 Sep 1; 56 (5): 405-409.

    BackgroundSmall-bore aspiration catheters (Aspiration Kit®) cause less pain than conventional trocar catheters in patients. The objective of this study was to examine the usefulness of these less invasive small-bore aspiration catheters for drainage of pneumothorax.MethodsBaseline characteristics and laboratory test data at admission of 70 patients who were admitted to and underwent drainage treatment for pneumothorax at our hospital between April 2011 and February 2017 were retrospectively reviewed based on their medical records. The primary endpoints were factors associated with drainage treatment failure, and baseline characteristics and laboratory test data were compared between those treated with a small-bore aspiration catheter and those treated with a trocar catheter.ResultsThe numbers of patients with anticoagulant use (P < 0.0001), ischemic stroke (P = 0.0063), and atrial fibrillation (P = 0.0410) were significantly different between the two groups. No significant intergroup differences were noted with respect to the length of hospitalization, drainage duration, subcutaneous emphysema, and treatment failure. Logistic regression analyses of baseline characteristics showed that the severity of pneumothorax, localization of pneumothorax, and recurrent pneumothorax were significantly associated with drainage treatment failure, but the type of drainage catheter was not significantly associated with treatment failure. [Conclusions] The results suggest that small-bore aspiration catheters, which cause less pain in patients, are potentially useful for pneumothorax drainage.Copyright © 2018. Published by Elsevier B.V.

      Pubmed     Full text   Copy Citation     Plaintext  

      Add institutional full text...

    Notes

     
    Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?
    300 characters remaining
    help        
    You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
    • Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as *italics*, _underline_ or **bold**.
    • Superscript can be denoted by <sup>text</sup> and subscript <sub>text</sub>.
    • Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines 1. 2. 3., hyphens - or asterisks *.
    • Links can be included with: [my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com)
    • Images can be included with: ![alt text](https://bestmedicaljournal.com/study_graph.jpg "Image Title Text")
    • For footnotes use [^1](This is a footnote.) inline.
    • Or use an inline reference [^1] to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document [^1]: This is a long footnote..

    hide…