Effects of early clinical assessment of dysphagia on the incidence of aspiration pneumonia in patients undergoing elective pulmonary resection surgery
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- OPS 5-32 (Exzision and resection of Lungs and Bronchus)C34Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung
- Registration Number
- DRKS00005655
- Lead Sponsor
- Institut für Physiotherapie, Inselspital Bern
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 438
Inclusion Criteria
Elective pulmonary resection surgery with double-lumen endotracheal tubes
Exclusion Criteria
Known dysphagia, reduced compliance
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Difference in the incidence of pneumonia at hospital exit between the intervention group and the control group
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Difference in the hospital lenght of stay [days] between the intervention group and the control group