PLEURAL EFFUSION

This study is testing if adding a small dose of a blood-thinning medication (heparin) to the standard saltwater flush helps keep small chest drain tubes from getting blocked. It will involve 40 hospital patients who need a small tube to drain fluid from around their lungs. The go…

This study is testing whether an artificial intelligence (AI) tool can help doctors find lung problems on chest X-rays more accurately. It will involve 1,470 adults with breathing issues from the public health system. Researchers will compare how often doctors spot issues like fl…

This study is testing a new portable X-ray machine that takes moving pictures of the lungs. It aims to see if this technology is safe and practical to use at the bedside in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and if it gives doctors more useful information than standard chest X-rays. R…

This study aims to find new markers in the fluid that builds up around the lungs (pleural effusion) to help doctors better diagnose lung adenocarcinoma. Researchers will compare fluid samples from 100 patients with and without this type of lung cancer. The goal is to develop a mo…

This study compares two standard procedures used to diagnose cancer when fluid builds up around the lungs. Researchers want to know if starting with a more invasive biopsy (pleuroscopy) leads to a faster diagnosis and quicker start of cancer treatment compared to starting with a …

This study aims to find out if draining fluid from around the lungs using a gravity bag causes less chest pain than using a vacuum bottle. Researchers will enroll 200 cancer patients who need a permanent chest catheter to manage fluid buildup. The goal is to improve comfort and q…

This study is testing two different breathing exercise techniques to see which one better helps children with fluid around their lungs (pleural effusion). Forty children, aged 5 to 16, will try either a simple 'bubble breathing' method or use a device called an incentive spiromet…

This study is testing whether using virtual reality (VR) goggles during a chest tube insertion can make the procedure more tolerable for patients. Researchers will compare satisfaction, pain, and anxiety levels in 80 patients who either use a VR headset with calming scenery or re…

This study is testing whether using a smaller chest tube after minimally invasive lung cancer surgery causes less pain than the standard larger tube. Researchers will enroll 124 patients who are having part of their lung removed and randomly assign them to receive either a small …