CompletedNot Applicable

Usage of High Flow Nasal Cannula in Preventing Desaturations in Elderly Patients Going for Lower Limb Surgeries

Malaysia50 participantsStarted 2020-07-07

Plain-language summary

To study the effect of high flow nasal cannula in comparisons with nasoprong used intraoperatively in patients oxygenation status

Age range60 Years

SexALL

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✓. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) I, II or III patients.
✓. Patients age 60 years and above
✓. Patients scheduled for total knee replacement therapy and hip surgeries under central neuraxial block under the elective and emergency list.

✕. Patients with pre-operative spO2\<94%
✕. Patients delirious or demented / unable to give consent.
✕. Patients with pre-existing pneumonia (defined as the initiation of antibiotics for suspected infection with one or more of the following: new or changed sputum; new or changed lung opacities; fever; white blood cell count \>12 × 109 litre-1 )15
✕. BMI ≥35

Incident of intraoperative desaturation

Timeframe: From induction time until end of surgery

Patient comfort on high flow nasal cannula

Timeframe: At end of surgery till discharge to ward (recovery area)

Atelactasis

Timeframe: From end of operation until 24 hours post surgery

NCT IDNCT06054022

SponsorUniversiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2021-12-01