Airway IgA: Respiratory Tract IgA Levels in Anesthetized Patients Undergoing Elective Surgical Procedures

University of Wisconsin (UW)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy; Malnutrition

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00205361

2002-027

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to determine the variability of airway IgA levels in anesthetized, well-nourished and malnourished patients undergoing elective general surgical procedures and the effect of gender and race on this baseline variable. The hypothesis is that airway IgA levels are lower in malnourished than in well-nourished patients.

Enrollment: 9 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Undergoing surgery via general anesthesia

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with a history of asthma or documented airway irritability
• Patients who have undergone previous pulmonary resection
• Patients receiving cardiac medications for arrhythmias.

Trial design

9 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Description:

well-nourished

2

Description:

malnourished