1. Randomized trial of digital versus analog pleural drainage in patients with or without a pulmonary air leak after lung resection 
Sebastien Gilbert, MD, Anna L. McGuire, MD, Sonam Maghera, BSc, Sudhir R. Sundaresan, MD, Andrew J. Seely, MD, PhD, Donna E. Maziak, MD, Farid M. Shamji, MD, P. James Villeneuve, MD, PhD 
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 
Volume 150, Issue 5, Pages (November 2015)
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2. Figure 1
Chest tube management. “Mild” subcutaneous emphysema is not visible on examination and can only be detected by palpation of the chest wall or by chest radiograph. On chest radiograph, the pneumothorax size was estimated at 10% for each posterior rib interspace visualized between the apex of the pleural cavity and the apex of the lung. Fluid is serous or serosanguinous, and volume is an estimate based on a 70-kg patient whose pleural fluid reabsorption rate is 15% of whole-body lymphatic flow (WBLF = 1 mL/kg/hr).8
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3. Figure 2
CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) diagram illustrating the flow of patients during the trial. ICU, Intensive care unit; OR, operating room.
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4. Figure 3
Freedom from pleural drain(s): air leak–absent group (n = 87).
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5. Figure 4
Freedom from pleural drain(s): air leak–present group (n = 85).
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6. Sebastien Gilbert, MD
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