Table 2.

Outcomes of patients receiving intrapleural therapy.

	Standard IPFT	Extended IPFT	p value
Patients (n)	81	20
Total number of chest tubes [median [interquartile range (25–75)]]	1 [1-1]	2 [1-2]	0.015
Placement of additional chest tube after IPFT initiation (n (%))	12 (15)	7 (35)	0.080
Median outcomes in hospital days [interquartile range (25–75)]
Chest tube duration	6 [4–11]	8 [6–11]	0.200
Hospital length of stay	13 [9–19]	17 [9–25]	0.355
Admission to lytic cessation	7 [5–11]	9 [5–12]	0.281
Admission to surgery day	6 [0–14]	7 [7–14]	0.975
Day of surgery to discharge	11 [6–21]	16 [11–22]	0.534
Lytic cessation to discharge	4 [3–9]	3 [1–19]	0.404
Referral for surgery (n (%))	13 (16)	3 (15)	0.821
Complications (n, (%))
Readmission	13 (16)	2 (10)	0.741
Outpatient pleural drainage	10 (12)	2 (10)	0.924
Bleeding	2 (3)	2 (10)	0.365
Tube dislodgement	3 (4)	3 (15)	0.166
New narcotic use	46 (57)	16 (80)	0.056