Article received titled reduction of drainage-associated complications in cardiac surgery with a digital drainage system: a randomized controlled trial.Purpose: the differences between an analog and a digital chest drainage system in cardiac surgery patients were investigated in a randomized controlled trial.Method: a total of 354 elective cardiac surgery patients were preoperatively randomized between september 2016 and september 2017 to either an analog or a digital chest drainage system aiming to compare drainage-associated postoperative outcome parameters.Per the article adverse events included: tamponade, thoracotomy, arrhythmia, stroke and tia.
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