Effect of Vibratory Expiratory Pressure on Pulmonary Function After Lung Resection Surgery

Seoul National University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pulmonary Resection Surgery

Treatments: Device: Acapella device

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01826136

YSJeon_Acapella

Details and patient eligibility

About

Postoperative airway clearance and recovery of pulmonary function after lung resection is critical in patients undergoing pulmonary resection surgery. The investigators hypothesized that vibratory positive expiratory pressure using the Acapella device may improve pulmonary function recovery in patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic lung resection surgery.

Enrollment: 78 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients between 20 and 65 years old
• undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic lung resection surgery for suspicious lung cancer
• admission to intensive care unit in extubate state
• with intravenous patient-controlled analgesia

Exclusion criteria

• body mass index of less than 15 kg/m2 or more than 30 kg/m2
• history of respiratory tract infection within 3 months
• emergency surgery
• preoperative supplemental oxygen or ventilator care
• preoperative PaO2 of less than 70 mmHg or PaCO2 of more than 50 mmHg
• preoperative FEV1 of less than 30% of predicted value
• unconsciousness or neuromuscular disease

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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78 participants in 2 patient groups

Acapella

Experimental group

Description:

use of the Acapella device postoperatively

Treatment:

Device: Acapella device

Control

No Intervention group