NCT02650037

The Air Test: A New Simple, Non-invasive Method to Diagnose Anesthesia-induced Atelectasis

Estudio de validación de la pulsioximetría Como método diagnóstico no Invasivo de Atelectasia Pulmonar y de la Efectividad de la Maniobra de Capacidad Vital Para la reversión de la Atelectasia Durante el Postoperatorio

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 181 (actual)
• Sponsor: Fundación para la Investigación del Hospital Clínico de Valencia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Anesthesia-induced atelectasis persist in the postoperative period but are not usually diagnosed because imaging techniques are required. The aim of the study is to determine whether the value of SpO2≤96 while breathing room air (0.21 FiO2) for 5 min, maneuver that we defined as the Air Test, was able to diagnose atelectasis in the postoperative period after a general anesthesia.

Conditions

• Patients With ASA Status I-III Scheduled for Elective Surgery

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Air Test	The Air Test simply consisted in breathing room air for 5 min on arrival into the postoperative anesthesia care unit while measuring peripheral oxygen saturation by Pulse oximetry

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-11-01
• Primary completion: 2015-02-01
• Completion: 2015-11-01
• First posted: 2016-01-08
• Last updated: 2016-01-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain