280
Participants
Start Date
December 31, 2007
Primary Completion Date
September 30, 2012
Study Completion Date
December 31, 2012
No drainage threshold
Removal of the thoracostomy tube independently of the amount of fluid that drained from the tube in the prior 24 hours
Drainage <2 mL/kg
Removal of the thoracostomy tube only if the drainage from the tube in the prior 24 hours is less than 2 mL/kg of the patient's ideal body weight
University of California, Davis, Medical Center, Sacramento
University of California, Davis
OTHER