CompletedNot Applicable

Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure in Cardiac Surgery

Brazil36 participantsStarted 2015-12

Plain-language summary

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure (BiPAP) on variables clinics, cardiorespiratory and physical functional in patients undergoing cardiac surgery at the University Hospital of Santa Maria.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Hospitalized patients in preoperative for coronary artery bypass or valve replacement. Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to understand or sign a free and informed consent form * Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) * Cerebrovascular disease * Musculoskeletal disease * Chronic infectious disease * Unstable angina * Treatment with steroids, hormones or chemotherapy for cancer * Prolonged mechanical ventilation * Unable of maintaining airway patency * Severe hemodynamic instability * Abdominal distension or vomiting.

What they're measuring

Peripheral Oxygen Saturation by pulse oximetry

Timeframe: up to 36 weeks

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02600182

SponsorProf. Dr. Antônio Marcos Vargas da Silva

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2016-09

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