In 13 patients an open window thoracostomy (OWT) was performed for post pneumonectomy pleural empyema. The operation, and life with an OWT cavity, were tolerated well. Early closure of an OWT is not advisable because of a high chance of recurrence of the infection and, in lung cancer patients also the risk of tumour relapse within two years after tumour surgery.
Abstracts delivery room(DR) results in more infants with temperatures of 36.5-37.5°C on NICU admission. Methods Infants < 31 weeks' were randomised to treatment with or without EM in DR. All infants were placed in PB under radiant heaters and were transferred to the NICU in transport incubators. Infants' rectal temperature was measured on admission. We estimated we would need to recruit 118 infants. Results The external data safety monitoring committee recommended stopping recruitment after analyzing data from 59 infants due to a significant difference in primary outcome between the groups. We present data for 72 infants enrolled when this recommendation was made. Fewer infants randomised to EM had temperatures within the target range [41% v 77%, p=0.002] and more had admission temperature >37.5C [46% v 17%, p=0.009].Abstract 1766 Figure 1 Abstract 1766 Table 1 Results
[Data are *mean (SD) or #n (%)] BAG & MATTRESS (N=37) BAG (N=35) P valueGestational age (wks)* 28(2) 28(2) 0.584
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