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Study aim
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To compare the efficacy and safety of needle aspiration and chest tube drainage in the management of neonatal pneumothorax
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Design
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clinical trial with Intervention and control groups and with a parallel design of 116 patients, enrolled in 2019, permuted block randomization, without blinding
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Settings and conduct
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116 neonates with pneumothorax were selected in 3 hospital(Ali Asghar children's hospital, Akbarabadi hospital and Mahdiyeh hospital). Patients were randomly divided into intevention (needle aspiration method) and control (Chest tube method) groups. After pneumothorax discharge, parameters such as gestational age, birth weight, type of delivery, gender, Apgar score, treatment rate, mortality rate, need for invasive and noninvasive ventilation, blood culture and CRP results, duration of antibiotic use and length of hospitalization, and pneumothorax involvement side were compared in both groups
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria:
Parent's Consent, neonates with respiratory support (including endotracheal tube or CPAP or requires more than 40% oxygen) and chest pneumothorax were diagnosed by a physician who were hospitalized in NICU ward , aged lower than 28 day
Exclusion criteria:
No parent's Consent, congenital anomaly,lung hypoplasia, peters syndrome, congenital heart disease, pleural effusion, Tension pneumothorax or emergency draining before x-ray.
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Intervention groups
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In this study, patients were divided 2 group:
group 1(intervention): in this group draining of pneumothorax was performed with needle aspiration method
group2 (control ): in this group draining of pneumothorax was performed with chest tube
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Main outcome variables
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Successful treatment rate , Complications related to the procedures