Pre- and Postoperative Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Reduces Complications After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Randomized Trial

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

• 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

Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2005-06
• Status Verified: 2008-04
• Study First Submitted: 2008-04-29
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-04-30
• Last Update Submitted: 2008-04-30
• Study First Posted: 2008-05-01
• Last Update Posted: 2008-05-01

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

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.