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This next generation of post-operative mediastinal and pleural management will offer significant benefits to both our practice and our patients.

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Automated Line Clearing

First and only automated clog clearance system clears proprietary 20 Fr. chest tube every 5 minutes, with no human  manipulation needed

Digital Fluid Measurement

Digitally measures and displays hourly drainage volume and trends to provide objective data for patient monitoring

Self Monitoring

Actively monitors system and alerts care team in the event of abnormal event, such as excess/rapid drainage, line kinks/ disconnection, or other system disruption

Digital Control

Displays data on simple and intuitive touchscreen

Small Bore Chest Tubes

Incorporates soft and flexible small-bore chest tubes for patient comfort

36%

of cardiac surgery patients experience clogged chest tubes, increasing the risk of blood build-up

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19%

of patients are affected by complications from fluid build-up in the chest cavity

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5x

higher in-hospital mortality rate

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13

day increase in hospital length of stay

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higher postoperative transfusion rate

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5x

The Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) society is a multidisciplinary group committed to developing evidence-based initiatives and perioperative guidelines in order to reduce complications and speed patient recovery following surgery. Recent evidence-based guidelines for enhanced recovery after cardiac surgery were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Surgery.

The guidelines offer multimodal recommendations across the entire perioperative period, with the maintenance of chest tube patency given the society’s strongest recommendation. Furthermore, they advised against chest tube stripping and breaking the sterile field of chest tubes to remove clots, methods that are frequently used in current practice.

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