Expiratory Flow Limitation and Postoperative Complications

Università degli Studi di Ferrara330 enrolled

Overview

Expiratory flow limitation (EFL) occurs when flow ceases to increase with increasing expiratory effort. In any circumstances EFL predisposes to pulmonary dynamic hyperinflation and its unfavorable effects such as increased elastic work of breathing, inspiratory muscles dysfunction, and progressive neuroventilatory dissociation, leading to reduced exercise tolerance, marked breathlessness during effort, and severe chronic dyspnea. Our hypothesis is that EFL should affect post operative outcomes like incidence of pulmonary complication and length of stay in hospital

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

330

Conditions

Postoperative Respiratory Complications

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * General anesthesia * Duration of the surgery \>2 hours Exclusion Criteria: * \<18 years * Consensus not given

Locations (1)

Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Sant'Anna

Ferrara, Italy

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Pulmonary complication

Postoperative pulmonary complication such infection, acute respiratory distress, post operative desaturation

Time frame: 28 days

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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