Mobilisation and Breathing Exercises After Abdominal Surgery at Sahlgrenska University Hospital

Göteborg University100 enrolled

Overview

The aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of a new care strategy, including earlier and more intensive mobilization and individually adapted breathing exercises, regarding length of stay, recovery, complications and which factors predict interventions early in the postoperative course after various abdominal surgical procedures.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

100

Conditions

Abdominal Surgery

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * undergoing elective or emergency open, or robot-assisted abdominal surgery * has an expected anesthesia time of over 4 hours * is extubated on the operating table * planned overnight stay in the postoperative ward. Exclusion Criteria: * plastic, trauma, transplant or orthopedic surgery.

Locations (1)

Sahlgrenska University Hospital

Gothenburg, Sweden

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Time in postoperative care

Actual time from arrival to, to discharche from postoperative care.

Time frame: At discharge from postoperative care up to two days after surgery.

Secondary Outcomes

Time to first mobilisation

Time from arrival to postoperative care to first mobilisation

Time frame: Up to the second postoperative day

Time to start of breathing exercises

Time from arrival to postoperative care until start of specific breathing exercises.

Time frame: Up to the second postoperative day

Central Contacts

Monika Fagevik Olsén, PhD

CONTACT

+46313421195 monika.fagevik-olsen@gu.se

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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