Airway IgA: Respiratory Tract IgA Levels in Anesthetized Patients Undergoing Elective Surgical Procedures

N/ACompletedNCT00205361

University of Wisconsin, Madison9 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of the study is to determine the variability of airway IgA levels in anesthetized, well-nourished and malnourished patients undergoing elective general surgical procedures and the effect of gender and race on this baseline variable. The hypothesis is that airway IgA levels are lower in malnourished than in well-nourished patients.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Healthy Malnutrition

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Undergoing surgery via general anesthesia Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with a history of asthma or documented airway irritability * Patients who have undergone previous pulmonary resection * Patients receiving cardiac medications for arrhythmias.

Locations (1)

University of Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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