Expiratory Flow Limitation and Postoperative Complications
- Conditions
- Postoperative Respiratory Complications
- Registration Number
- NCT02229591
- Lead Sponsor
- UniversitĂ degli Studi di Ferrara
- Brief Summary
Expiratory flow limitation (EFL) occurs when flow ceases to increase with increasing expiratory effort. In any circumstances EFL predisposes to pulmonary dynamic hyperinflation and its unfavorable effects such as increased elastic work of breathing, inspiratory muscles dysfunction, and progressive neuroventilatory dissociation, leading to reduced exercise tolerance, marked breathlessness during effort, and severe chronic dyspnea. Our hypothesis is that EFL should affect post operative outcomes like incidence of pulmonary complication and length of stay in hospital
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 330
- General anesthesia
- Duration of the surgery >2 hours
- <18 years
- Consensus not given
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pulmonary complication 28 days Postoperative pulmonary complication such infection, acute respiratory distress, post operative desaturation
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Sant'Anna
🇮🇹Ferrara, Italy