Usefulness of monitoring intrapleural pressure with digital chest drainage system for the management of air leakage after lung resection.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The objective of this study was to determine the variation in intrapleural pressure (IPP) with and without air leakage using a digital chest drainage system (DCS) for each pressure setting.

Methods

In this retrospective single-centre study, we analysed 49,553 h of air leakage after anatomical lung resection in 714 patients between 2018 and 2020. The transition of mean IPP and mean air leak flow was monitored using DCS, and the association between mean IPP and mean air leak flow was examined. The relationship between the transition of mean IPP and air leakage according to the varying suction pressures on DCS was also investigated.

Results

Overall, 272 patients (38.1%) showed air leakage after surgery. The mean IPP in patients without air leakage was -12.0 ± 

SUBMITTER: Eriguchi D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8759466 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature