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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN70332574
ISRCTN70332574
Completed
N/A

Protective ventilation during general anaesthesia for open abdominal surgery: a randomised controlled trial

Academic Medical Centre (AMC) (Netherlands)0 sites900 target enrollmentDecember 6, 2010

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
Academic Medical Centre (AMC) (Netherlands)
Enrollment
900
Status
Completed
Last Updated
9 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
December 6, 2010
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
9 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Academic Medical Centre (AMC) (Netherlands)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Planned elective abdominal surgery
  • 2\. General anaesthesia with intravenous medication
  • 3\. High or intermediate risk for post\-operative pulmonary complications
  • 4\. Aged greater than or equal to 18 years, either sex

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Aged less than 18 years
  • 2\. Body mass index greater than 40 kg/m^2
  • 3\. Laparoscopic surgery
  • 4\. Previous lung surgery (any)
  • 5\. Persistent haemodynamic instability, intractable shock (considered haemodynamic unsuitable for the study by the patient's managing physician)
  • 6\. History of previous severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (non\-invasive ventilation and/or oxygen therapy at home, repeated systemic corticosteroid therapy for acute exacerbations of COPD)
  • 7\. Recent immunosuppressive medication (patients receiving chemotherapy or radiation therapy within the last 2 months)
  • 8\. Severe cardiac disease (New York Heart Association class III or IV, or acute coronary syndrome, or persistent ventricular tachyarrhythmia's)
  • 9\. Mechanical ventilation greater than than 30 minutes (e.g., in cases of general anaesthesia because of surgery) within last 30 days
  • 10\. Pregnancy (excluded by laboratory analysis)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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