Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT04900753
Risk Factors Related to Thirst After Surgery
Rrisk Factors of Xerostomia (Dry Mouth) After Surgery
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 472 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 20 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
To investigate the risk factors related to xerostomia (dry mouth) after surgery
Detailed description
Dry mouth of postoperative makes the patient feel thirst, and the pain of the lips is cracked. It will also make the sputum thick and sticky, making it difficult for the patient to cough by himself. Especially the elderly may have sputum accumulation and pneumonia. The incidence of dry mouth was 88%, 6-8 hours after abdominal surgery. Initiating the motivation of this study, it is hoped that through research to understand the relevant factors causing dry mouth after surgery.
Conditions
Timeline
- Start date
- 2019-10-25
- Primary completion
- 2020-03-31
- Completion
- 2020-09-30
- First posted
- 2021-05-25
- Last updated
- 2023-02-10
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Taiwan
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04900753. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.