The purpose of this prospective, blinded, randomized clinical trial is to investigate whether a ventilator-piloted PRM at the end of laparoscopic bariatric surgery could reduce overall postoperative pain and nausea.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
200
The participants in the experimental arm receives 1 minute of ventilator-piloted pulmonary recruitment with positive inspiratory pressure set to 40 cm H2O, at the end of laparoscopic bariatric surgery.
Postoperative Pain
A questionnaire with a numeric rating scale (NRS) is used to evaluate pain intensity at 4, 12, 24, 36 and 48 hours postoperatively to assess pain intensity. The scale includes even numbers from 0 to 10, where 0 signifies no pain, and 10 signifies the worst imaginable pain.
Time frame: 4, 12, 24, 36 and 48 hours after surgery
Postoperative Nausea
A questionnaire was used to evaluate nausea at 4, 12, 24, 36 and 48 hours postoperatively. The questionnaire involved a numeric rating scale (NRS) from 0 to 10, where 0 signified no nausea, and10 the worst imaginable nausea.
Time frame: 4, 12, 24, 36 and 48 hours after surgery
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