NCT07189260

Pre- and Postoperative Chest Therapy With Positive Expiratory Pressure (PEP) to Prevent Hospital-acquired Pneumonia

Pre- and Postoperative Chest Therapy With Positive Expiratory Pressure (PEP) to Prevent Hospital-acquired Pneumonia in Patients Undergoing Hip Fracture Surgery

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 566 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University Hospital Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate whether pre- and postoperative treatment with systematic PEP therapy can prevent hospital-acquired pneumonia in patients with hip frac-ture. It will also learn about the barriers regarding PEP therapy in this group of patients. * Does pre- and postoperative treatment with systematic PEP therapy prevent hospital-acquired pneumonia in patients with hip fracture? * Which barriers do participants have regarding PEP therapy in this group of patients? Researchers will compare systematic PEP therapy to no intervention besides standard treat-ment to see if systematic therapy with PEP can prevent hospital-acquired pneumonia. Participants will: * Receive systematic PEP therapy during hospitalization or no intervention besides standard treatment * Register the PEP therapy four times daily on a paper checklist. Failure to perform the treatment and the reason must also be documented on the checklist.

Conditions

• Hip Fractures (ICD-10 72.01-72.2)

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	positive expiratory pressure	PEP therapy

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-02-19
• Primary completion: 2029-12-31
• Completion: 2030-12-31
• First posted: 2025-09-23
• Last updated: 2025-09-23

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Denmark