NCT01004146

Pre-op Use of Incentive Spirometry in Obese Patients

A Study on the Preoperative Use of Incentive Spirometry in Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing General Anesthesia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the use of preoperative incentive spirometry (IS) as an aid to improve postoperative lung function. The hypothesis is that application of a standardized protocol of preoperative respiratory care teaching and exercise will improve lung performance that will subsequently result in prevention of postoperative pulmonary complications and that increasing the duration of preoperative use better improves lung mechanics postoperatively. The investigators propose to compare a patient population that uses IS as currently prescribed in the routine course of care (only to be familiar with preoperatively, but use postoperatively) against a population that uses IS with a standardized regimen for at least 3 days prior to the operation in terms of preoperative IS volumes, intraoperative pulmonary mechanics, postoperative IS volumes, and incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications.

Conditions

• Lung Function
• Bariatric Surgery

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Incentive Spirometry	helps patient monitor their inspiratory tidal volume and assists in the preventing lower airway collapse

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-03-01
• Primary completion: 2009-12-01
• Completion: 2010-09-01
• First posted: 2009-10-29
• Last updated: 2014-02-03
• Results posted: 2014-02-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States