CPAP/PSV Preoxygenation in Obese Patients

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Anaesthesia; Obesity
• Interventions: Procedure: CPAP 5 cm H2O + PSV 5 cm H2O

• Registration Number: NCT01780571
• Lead Sponsor: Karolinska Institutet

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether continuouse positive airway pressure (CPAP), during induction of anaesthesia in morbidly obese patients, result in higher levels of oxygen in the blood.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-05
• Primary Completion: 2012-06
• Study Completion: 2012-12
• Study First Submitted: 2012-12-09
• Status Verified: 2013-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-01-29
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-01-29
• Study First Posted: 2013-01-31
• Last Update Posted: 2013-01-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 44

Inclusion Criteria

• body mass index (BMI) > 35 kg/m2
• scheduled to undergo elective gastric bypass surgery
• age ≥ 18 years
• ASA Physical Status Classification II-III

Exclusion Criteria

• significant cardiopulmonary disease
• previous abdominal or thoracic surgery
• inability to comprehend the protocol.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Active group	CPAP 5 cm H2O + PSV 5 cm H2O	CPAP 5cm H2O + PSV 5cm H2O breathing after 2 min preoxygenation

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Post intubation PaO2levels	5 minutes after intubation	PaO2 levels is measured within 5 minutes after the completion of intubation.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Danderyd Hospital; 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden