ltrasound assessment of costophrenic recess and its correlation with chest X-ray findings following heart surgery
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- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: I00-I99- Diseases of the circulatory system
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/11/021885
- Lead Sponsor
- not applicable
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
144 adult patients with ASA I-III classification, age 18 or older, scheduled for cardiac surgery.
Exclusion Criteria
Subjects with severe COPD requiring home oxygen therapy, those with pre-existing diaphragmatic paralysis, pre-existing lung collapse, neuromuscular disease affecting proximal muscle groups and peripheral neuropathy, patients with skeletal deformities such as kyphoscoliosis and paralytic poliomyelitis and patients on prolonged mechanical ventilation.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Presence or absence of lung tissue in the costophrenic recess after cardiac surgery.Timepoint: Presence or absence of lung tissue in the costophrenic recess after cardiac surgery preoperatively, post-operatively day 2 and day 5.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To assess the sensitivity and specificity of sonography as a better diagnostic procedure when compared to chest X-ray.Timepoint: To assess the sensitivity and specificity of sonography as a better diagnostic procedure when compared to chest X-ray preoperatively, and postoperatively on day 2 and day 5.