Alternative Measurements of Cough Pressure and Effects of Epidural Anaesthesia on Cough Pressure (ESPIRATOS)

Parc de Salut Mar

Status: Completed

Conditions: Respiratory Physiology

Treatments: Procedure: Cough pressure measurement; Device: Pcough

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02957045

ESPIRATOS

Details and patient eligibility

About

Pressure generated by cough is an expression of expiratory muscle strength. Cough pressure (Pcough) is usually measured with gastric and/or esophageal catheters, but these are often either inconvenient or uncomfortable for the patient. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether central venous, vesical or rectal catheters could be useful to measure cough pressures as alternative sites to standard esophageal and gastric balloons.

Enrollment: 8 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients aged 18 to 75 years and scheduled for colon cancer surgery were recruited.
• Informed consent signed.

Exclusion criteria

Rectal surgery, advanced cancer, abdominal wall disorders, respiratory or neuromuscular illness, body mass index > 30, chronic pain, pregnancy and inability to cough adequately.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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8 participants in 1 patient group

Cough

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Pcough

Procedure: Cough pressure measurement