Vast amounts of clinical and global experience show how the introduction of Digital Chest Drainage systems has significantly impacted the medical field.
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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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Taking charge of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) guidelines in thoracic surgery.
New ERAS (Enhanced Recovery After Surgery) guidelines are here 1, yet the manner in which they get rolled out in your institution is far less certain.
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Thopaz+ Digital Chest Drainage and Monitoring System
Medela’s Thopaz+ takes chest drainage therapy to a new level of care. Unlike analogue systems, it reliably regulates the applied pressure at the patient’s chest and digitally (and quietly) monitors critical therapy indicators. Clinical data has demonstrated that Medela’s chest drainage therapy improves outcomes and streamlines the delivery of care.
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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.