Pre- and Postoperative Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Reduces Complications After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Randomized Trial

Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina56 enrolled

Overview

Pre- and postoperative cardiopulmonary rehabilitation reduces complications after coronary artery bypass surgery. This study was conducted as a randomized trial to verify this hypothesis in our institution. ICSC

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Interventions

REHAB (Pre- and postoperative cardiopulmonary rehabilitation)BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility

Sex: ALL

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * All CAB patients Exclusion Criteria: * SCA in the previous 24h and incapacity of doing light exercise. Valvular patients

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

length of stay in the ICU (in minutes); days on the ward after ICU until hospital discharge; pneumonia with the need for antibiotic treatment; and atrial fibrillation or flutter detected on daily-performed electrocardiograms

Secondary Outcomes

time until oro-tracheal tube (OTT) removal, occurrence of pleural effusion, atelectasis, change in peak-flow (baseline vs. 2 hours after extubation vs. discharge), and changes in the 6-minute-walking distance between enrollment and hospital discharge.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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