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Completed Not applicable Interventional

Focused Incentive Spirometry Monitoring to Reduce Postoperative Oxygen Therapy and Respiratory Complications After Bariatric Surgery

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03010852

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Brief summary

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Postoperative (PO) hypoventilation, atelectasis and hypoxemia after bariatric surgery are common and multifactorial, contributing to prolonged oxygen (O2) therapy after surgery and even at hospital discharge. Incentive spirometry (IS) is recommended postoperatively but its success in preventing postoperative atelectasis and hypoxemia (POH) heavily depends on patient compliance with IS effort and frequency. The investigators hypothesize that a focused education preoperatively on IS for POH and intensive monitoring of patient compliance with IS therapy in the early postoperative period shortens postoperative oxygen therapy, decreases POH episodes, and improves respiratory outcomes after bariatric surgery, compared to patients receiving standard of care.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT03010852
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Enrollment
60 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Jun 30, 2016
Primary completion
Jul 31, 2020
Completion
Nov 30, 2020
Last update posted
Feb 11, 2021

2016 – 2020

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
University of Colorado Hospital Aurora Colorado 80045

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