Effectiveness of a perioperative respiratory care protocol in patients scheduled to receive major abdominal surgery

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Perioperative respiratory complications after abdominal surgery; Respiratory; Postprocedural pulmonary complications after abdominal surgery

• Registration Number: ISRCTN16256069
• Lead Sponsor: sir Run-Run Shaw hospital, Zhejiang university school of medicine

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-07-25
• Study Completion: 2019-12-30
• Last Update Posted: 27 April 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 350

Inclusion Criteria

1. Aged 18 years or older
2. Awaiting elective upper abdominal surgery that required:
2.1. General anaesthesia
2.2. Minimum 5 day hospital stay
2.3. 5 cm or longer incision above or extending above the umbilicus
3. Attended outpatient pre-admission assessment clinic

Exclusion Criteria

1. Pregnant
2. Neuromuscular disease
3. Systemic diseases without surgical conditions
4. Cannot cooperate as result of a consciousness disorder
5. Cannot provide informed consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified