Dual Acupoints Stimulation Alleviates Pulmonary Complication (DALAS)

Air Force Military Medical University of People's Liberation Army

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Postoperative Complications; Pulmonary Complication

Treatments: Device: no treatment; Device: acupoint stimulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03230045

XJH-A-2016-10-10

Details and patient eligibility

About

Stimulation at acupoints could be of beneficial effects during the perioperative period. In this study the investigators tend to verify the effect of dual acupoints stimulation on pulmonary complications after abdominal surgery in aged patients.

Full description

Postoperative pulmonary complications contributes to the high morbidity of aged patients. The incidence could be as high as 30~50% in those undergoing abdominal surgery. Stimulation at acupoints have been to alleviate inflammatory response,improve pain management and decrease consumption of opioids, indicating a beneficial effect on pulmonary complications. In this study the investigators tend to verify the effect of dual acupoints stimulation on pulmonary complications after abdominal surgery in aged patients.

Enrollment: 268 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Informed consented
• Scheduled for elective abdominal surgery under general anesthesia
• Age >=65 yrs

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with contraindications to transcutaneous electrical stimulation
• Patients with difficulty in communication that may confuse follow-up
• emergent surgeries
• Patients with pneumonia or needed ventilation before surgery
• Patients with history of pulmonary surgery
• Scheduled surgery involves thoracic manipulations
• Patients who attended clinical studies in the last 3 months

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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268 participants in 2 patient groups

Acupoint stimulation

Experimental group

Description:

Acupoint Zhongfu and Zusanli are stimulated by transcutaneous electrical stimulation

Treatment:

Device: acupoint stimulation

no treatment

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Electrodes are attached to Acupoint Zhongfu and Zusanli, but no stimulation is given

Treatment:

Device: no treatment