Effect of a lung recruitment strategy lung gas function during general anaesthesia

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: intraoperative lung atelectasis; Anaesthesiology - Anaesthetics; Respiratory - Other respiratory disorders / diseases

• Registration Number: ACTRN12619000298112
• Lead Sponsor: Austin Health

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2019-02-27
• Last Update Posted: 15 July 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

Patients undergoing elective laparoscopic bowel surgery under relaxant general anaesthesia planned to take at least 1 hour where placement of an arterial blood pressure monitoring line is considered appropriate for cardiovascular monitoring (systemic arterial blood pressure and/or cardiac output monitoring) for clinical purposes.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients unable to provide informed consent
Women who are pregnant
Patients with cognitive impairment
Patients with poor command of English.
Body mass index (BMI) > 35.
Impaired lung function: Patients with severely impaired respiratory function on history and examination (FEV1 TLCO or FVC < 30% predicted),

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified