Pre- and Postoperative Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Reduces Complications After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Randomized Trial
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
- Interventions
- Behavioral: REHAB (Pre- and postoperative cardiopulmonary rehabilitation)
- Registration Number
- NCT00670176
- Lead Sponsor
- Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina
- Brief Summary
Pre- and postoperative cardiopulmonary rehabilitation reduces complications after coronary artery bypass surgery. This study was conducted as a randomized trial to verify this hypothesis in our institution. ICSC
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 56
Inclusion Criteria
- All CAB patients
Exclusion Criteria
- SCA in the previous 24h and incapacity of doing light exercise. Valvular patients
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description I REHAB (Pre- and postoperative cardiopulmonary rehabilitation) -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method length of stay in the ICU (in minutes); days on the ward after ICU until hospital discharge; pneumonia with the need for antibiotic treatment; and atrial fibrillation or flutter detected on daily-performed electrocardiograms
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method time until oro-tracheal tube (OTT) removal, occurrence of pleural effusion, atelectasis, change in peak-flow (baseline vs. 2 hours after extubation vs. discharge), and changes in the 6-minute-walking distance between enrollment and hospital discharge.