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NICE recommends Thopaz+ portable digital chest drainage device.
NICE (an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health in the UK) recommends Thopaz+ for managing chest drains 2.
"At a national level, adopting Thopaz+ is expected to save around £8.5 million per year in England."
- Thopaz+ reduces chest tube duration and length of stay (in hospital).
- Thopaz+ Improves safety for people with chest drains.
- Thopaz+ Improves clinical decision-making through continuous objective monitoring of air leaks and fluid loss.
- Thopaz+ Increases patient mobility.
- Healthcare providing staff finds Thopaz+ more convenient and easier to use than conventional chest drains.
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CONTACT US NOW1- Batchelor TJP, Rasburn NJ, Abdelnour-Berchtold E, et al. Guidelines for enhanced recovery after lung surgery: recommendations of the enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS®) society and the european society of thoracic surgeons (ESTS). Eur J Cardio-Thorac Surg. 2018. [Epub ahead of print]. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezy301. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30304509 2- NICE Guidance MTG37: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/MTG37 3- AWMF S3-Leilinie: Diagnostik und Therapie von. Spontanpneumothorax und postinterventionellem Pneumothorax http://www.awmf.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Leitlinien/010_Thoraxchirurgie/010-007ag_S3_Spontanpneumothorax-postinterventioneller-Pneumothorax-Diagnostik-Therapie_2018-03.pdf 4- Barozzi, L. et al., 2015: Do we still need wall suction for chest drainage? J Cardiovascular Surgery.2015;56(Supp.1)102. 5- Rapid Response Report: Compact Digital Thoracic Drain Systems for the Management of Thoracic Surgical Patients: A Review of the Clinical Effectiveness, Safety, and Cost-Effectiveness . https://cadth.ca/sites/default/files/pdf/htis/dec-2014/RC0590%20Compact%20Digital%20Thoracic%20Drain%20Final.pdf 6- Pompili, C. et al., 2014: Multicenter International Randomized Comparison of Objective and Subjective Outcomes Between Electronic and Traditional Chest Drainage Systems. Ann Thorac Surg. 98: 490–497. 7- Read https://www.medela.co.uk/healthcare/news-events/news/medela-wins-bbh-award 8- Brunelli, A. et al., 2011: Consensus definitions to promote an evidence-based approach to management of the pleural space. A collaborative proposal by ESTS, AATS, STS, and GTSC. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg.: 40(2):291-7. 9- Cerfolio, Robert J. et al., The Benefits of Continuous and Digital Air Leak Assessment After Elective Pulmonary Resection: A Prospective Study.The Annals of Thoracic Surgery , Volume 86 , Issue 2 , 396 - 401.