Role of preoperative chlorhexidine mouth wash in the prevention ofpostoperative respiratory complications

Phase 2

• Conditions: Health Condition 1: O- Medical and SurgicalHealth Condition 2: J159- Unspecified bacterial pneumonia

• Registration Number: CTRI/2024/06/069511
• Lead Sponsor: Council for science and technology UP

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 22 July 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot Yet Recruiting
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 0

Inclusion Criteria

Patients of ASA grade I/II, with poor oral hygiene (OHI more than 6), between

18-65 years of age posted for elective abdominal surgeries of less than 4 hours

duration under general anaesthesia using endotracheal tube were included in the

study.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients undergoing laparoscopic surgeries, thoracic, cardiac and major

bowel surgeries and patients in which supraglottic devices were used for GA

were excluded from the study. Patients with active URTI/LRTI, COPD/asthma,

active smokers, with alcohol abuse, diabetes mellitus, morbid obesity, any

immune deficiency, heart insufficiency, those with known allergy to

chlorhexidine, those on broad spectrum antibiotics and negative consent to

participate in trial will also be excluded from the study. Patients who have not

smoked for a year or longer will be classified as not having a smoking habit.

Patients in whom prompt postoperative extubation could not be anticipated or

neurological complications appeared, or those requiring re-intubation or re-

exploration and those surgeries that extend beyond 4 hours will be dropped

from the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified