Status:
COMPLETED
Soft Drink Straw as an Alternative Device of Creating Positive Expiratory Pressure (PEP) in Thoracic Surgery Patients
Lead Sponsor:
University of Thessaly
Collaborating Sponsors:
Attikon Hospital
Conditions:
Thoracic Surgery
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Is there any possibility that patients who undergone thoracic surgery could use a simple soft drink straw as an alternative PEP device? The present study was performed to test the suitability and effe...
Detailed Description
INTRODUCTION The use of positive expiratory pressure devices is considered beneficial in patients who have undergone abdominal and thoracic surgery with an impact on blood gas measurement values, the...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- adult patients undergone thoracic surgery
- no limit of age
- mesosternal or lateral incision
- hemodynamically stable
- supplied with an O2 mixture of below 50%
- full-conscious
- systolic pressure below 150 cmH20
- 2nd and 3rd postoperative day.
Exclusion
- history of chronic respiratory disease with severe symptoms
- tendency to vomit
- cardiac arrhythmia due to atrial fibrillation postoperatively
- angina
- decrease in saturation ≤90
- dizziness
- fainting
- palpitations
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 12 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 8 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
13 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04447586
Start Date
February 12 2020
End Date
March 8 2020
Last Update
July 16 2020
Active Locations (1)
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Attikon Hospital
Athens, Greece