Section to complete information about primary and secondary outcomes including. It includes the metric or method of measurement used and, the time point for every outcome.
Primary outcome(s):
1) Need for surgical treatment (video-assisted thoracoscopy surgery – VATS, thoracotomy with decortication), (Yes, No) due to failure of conventional or experimental therapy (SKr).
2) Hospital stay, given by the time (in days) from the diagnosis of complex complicated parapneumonic pleural effusion (CCPPE)/empyema to hospital discharge (patients were transferred to another ward upon leaving intensive care).
Key secondary outcomes:
1) Resolution of the pleural effusion (in days) verified by chest x-ray in the anteroposterior position and chest ultrasound. Measurement time: daily until the spill is resolved.
2) Stay in intensive care: given by the time (in days) from the diagnosis of the condition under study until discharge (transfer) from intensive care. Measurement time: daily until discharge from intensive care.
3) Time of evolution (in days) of the complications accompanying CCPPE and empyema identified before the inclusion of the patient in the clinical trial. Measurement time: daily until the cessation of pre-inclusion complications.
4) Time of oxygen therapy/ventilator support requirement (in days).
5) Need (Yes, No) and time (in days) of oxygen therapy / ventilatory support requirement after the intervention in patients not ventilated at the time of inclusion in the study. If included in the trial with any ventilatory support, the time required (days) will be measured. Measurement time: daily during admission to intensive care.
6) Time (in days) to remove the chest drain from its insertion, due to resolution of the pleural effusion proven by chest x-ray and ultrasound. Measurement time: daily until drain extraction.
7) Post-fibrinolysis and post-VATS pleural drainage time (in days) from the end of fibronolytic or surgical therapy. Measurement time: daily until drain extraction.
8) Mortality (Yes, No). Measurement time: during the hospital stay.
9) Safety measured through the appearance of clinical adverse events (Occurrence of AE (Yes, No). Description of the AE (name of the event). Intensity of the AE (mild, moderate, severe). Causality (Unrelated, Doubtful, Possible, Probable, Definitive). Outcome (Completely resolved, Resolved with sequelae, Conditions in improvement, Condition present and unchanged, Worsening, Death caused by this event).