Clinical Assessment of the Use of the R8 Respiratory Rate Counter in Post-Operative Recovery in Adults and Adolescents

Anaxsys Technology

Status: Completed

Conditions: Respiratory Rate Changes

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT01120951

ATL01009

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aims to to establish whether or not measurement of respiratory rate taken using the Anaxsys Technology Ltd Respiratory Counter (R8 Counter) are equivalent to manual respiratory rate counting methods in patients receiving oxygen via a face mask.

Enrollment: 220 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Male or female patients aged 12 years and above following elective surgery under general anaesthesia

Exclusion criteria

• Patients admitted for emergency surgery
• Patients having ASA rating of 3 or greater
• Patients not receiving general anaesthesia
• Patients expected to be in post-operative recovery for less than 15 minutes