Supplemental Oxygen in Vascular Surgery

North Karelia Central Hospital274 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that supplemental postoperative oxygen reduces the risk of surgical wound infection in patients following lower limb vascular surgery.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

274

Conditions

Surgical Wound Infection Vascular Surgery

Interventions

supplemental postoperative oxygenOTHER

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 110 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * lower limb vascular surgery Exclusion Criteria: * COPD * sPO2 less than 90%

Locations (6)

North Karelia Central Hospital

Joensuu, Finland

Central Finland Central Hospital

Jyväskylä, Finland

Kuopio University Hospital

Kuopio, Finland

South Karelia Central Hospital

Lappeenranta, Finland

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

surgical wound infection

Time frame: 30 days

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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